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Sender: "Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:39:57 -0400
Reply-To: John Gilchrist <[log in to unmask]>
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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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