Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:39:57 -0400
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Dear ACM,
I've visited several Ada FAQ web sites, but so far have not seen an answer
to my question below:
Years ago I took a course at the Defense Systems Management College, which
included a presentation on Ada. I vaguely recall a slide that indicated
something like:
"In 1995? when Ada was initiated DoD was the customer for 60%? of the
software [Information Technology] market at that time." [ACM - please
verify/correct.]
This is in stark contrast to a statement I heard ~2002 that "DoD, while
Microsoft's largest single customer, represented less than 1% of Microsoft's
sales." [I can verify this through the DoD CIO's office.]
Thanks,
John Gilchrist
Member ACM
Annandale, Virginia
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