I received the following reply back from Federal Computer Week: > Hello Mr. Beard, > > Yes it is possible to access back articles. Please check out the following > link... http://www.fcw.com/issuearchive.asp. Under Federal Computer Week, > you should find "1999 and before". This will take you to a page a back > issues. Unfortunately, I don't think our online archive goes back this far. > > If you'd like a reprint of this particular article, contact Michelle Olk at > (651) 582-3810 > > Lisa I went to the link and their online archive only goes back to November 6, 1995. I haven't tried contacting Michelle Olk. Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: Beard, Frank [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 12:41 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Ada RTOS. > > I found the article in one of my file folder archives. > I used to copy the articles of interest and pitch the > periodical because I couldn't keep up with the volume, > but I don't even get Federal Computer Week anymore. > I think someone else here does. > > I went to their WEB site (http://www.fcw.com/), but I > didn't see anything offhand other than current articles. > I e-mailed the webmaster to see if we could obtain or > view back articles. I'm waiting for the reply. I'll let you > know what I find out. > > Frank > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ada Marketing [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:02 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Ada RTOS. > > > > Frank, > > > > Is this article available on line anywhere? > > > > > > We used to point to this movie since the graphic displays shown in their > > computer room were developed with our TeleUSE product. Of course being > a > > movie, > > most of the screens were just mock ups. I had this strange feeling that > > it > > might not actually do anything if you pressed the various buttons. :) > > > > > > > > Beard, Frank wrote: > > > > > > Okay, I found the article about "Jurassic Park". > > > > > > It was in Federal Computer Week (September 27, 1993) > > > in an article titled "Tri-Ada '93 Speakers Urge More Ada Use", > > > by Connie Winkler. > > > > > > It's not exactly as I remembered, but close. Some partial > > > quotes follow: > > > > > > But In fact, the more than 1,000 attendees here learned > > > that the distance between government Ada projects, such > > > as blah blah blah, and the amazing dinosaurs in "Jurassic > > > Park" may be shorter than they realized. > > > > > > "The [Ada] community has been building games for the > > > longest time; now think small and cheap and then you'll > > > be there, " offered Way Ting, Vice President of the Visual > > > Magic Division at Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, Calif., > > > which generated the 3-D computer graphics for the hit movie. > > > > > > Further down in the article: > > > > > > Although Ting does not dictate to his programmers which > > > language to use, Ada is the perfect fit for today's interactive > > > multimedia applications, he said. > > > > > > Ting described how a Silicon Graphics Ada star programmed > > > a voice recognition application in 4 1/2 days that used only > > > 3 percent of the CPU, while the C++ version took two months > > > and consumed 17 percent of the CPU. > > > > > > So, I'm not sure if any of the original "Jurassic Park" movie was > > > done in Ada, or just the voice recognition software mentioned. > > > > > > Frank > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Beard, Frank [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 7:42 PM > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Subject: Re: Ada RTOS. > > > > > > > > Does anyone else recall that the animation/graphics for the > > > > movie Jurassic Park was written in Ada? > > > > > > > > I seem to recall reading an article that said they originally > > > > wrote it in C++, but it was taking 30% of the CPU. They > > > > re-wrote it in Ada and it only took 3% of the CPU. I also > > > > seem to recall that it was done by a group at Silicon > > > > Graphics on their workstations. > > > > > > > > That was a pretty good App, but nobody seemed to > > > > notice it was Ada. > > > > > > > > Frank > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Chris Sparks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > > > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 11:13 AM > > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > Subject: Re: Ada RTOS. > > > > > > > > > > Robin Reagan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The "high level of support" is where the money can be made (See > > ACT). > > > > > > > > > > I am assuming you are referring to the fact that ACT is not cheap. > > I > > > > see > > > > > this > > > > > as a dual edged sword. The high cost can real turn people off. > > > > > > > > > > > The support I have been getting from WindRiver is good > technically > > but > > > > > is not > > > > > > what I consider in a timely manner. > > > > > > > > > > Amen to that! > > > > > > > > > > > The "Killer app" part is unimportant. What is important is > showing > > > > > > (the non-Ada community) that Ada can compete where it counts. If > > we > > > > > can't > > > > > > show that Ada can compete in the area that is was designed for > we > > have > > > > > no > > > > > > hope in other areas. > > > > > > > > > > I disagree. Ada can compete anywhere, whether it was designed for > > > > > embedded software or not. I convinced a down in the trenches > C/C++ > > > > > teacher in college when I did my graphics class that Ada really > can > > do > > > > > graphics! He didn't think it was possible. I was even going > > against > > > > the > > > > > odds since I didn't have much in the way of supporting graphical > > > > libraries > > > > > to reuse. > > > > > > > > > > > The problem with Linux is the GPL. I work in an area that giving > > away > > > > > the > > > > > > source > > > > > > would not be acceptable to my employer (And I agree with this). > Is > > > > there > > > > > an > > > > > > RT/embedded BSD? > > > > > > > > > > This giving away code or not giving away code is going to be a > > thorn. > > > > > True > > > > > we all benefit from free software, however, some of us like to > earn > > > > money. > > > > > Call me crazy, however, I would hate to see my hard efforts go to > a > > > > pirate > > > > > who makes money off my labor. There may be some pieces of > software > > > > > that is truly deserving of being free because of its common > > application > > > > or > > > > > lack of marketability. These I don't have a problem with. The > > other > > > > > types > > > > > of software, well, needs to be determined if it is a give away or > > some > > > > > other > > > > > form of licensing. > > > > > > > > > > Chris Sparks > > > > -- > > > > Greg Gicca > > Aonix Ada Marketing account > > [log in to unmask]