Mr. Paige has decided to remove the "Ada Mandate" (see his note below).

From [log in to unmask] Wed Mar  5 22:19:32 1997
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 07:49:00 -0500
From: "Paige, Emmett Jr., , OSD/C3I +" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Rush Kester; Senior Software Engineer" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: Sincere thanks for speaking at 2/26th joint ACM meeting


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From: Rush Kester; Senior Software Engineer
To: Paige, Emmett Jr., , OSD/C3I +; Rayford Vaughn; Drew Hamilton;
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Cc: dcsigada-exec
Subject: Sincere thanks for speaking at 2/26th joint ACM meeting
Date: Friday, February 28, 1997 12:20PM

THANKS.
IT HELPED ME DECIDE WHAT I SHOULD DO.
ANNOUNCED MY DECISION THE NEXT MORNING.
NO ADA MANDATE FOR ANY SYSTEMS ANY LONGER. WILL PROVIDE THE SUSTAINING
SUPPORT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NRC.
WILL EXPECT THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PLAN AND THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
THATS BEST FOR THE APPLICATION TO WIN.
HOPE ADA95 WILL INDEED PROVE TO BE THE BEST FOR MOST APPLICATIONS.. GOOD
LUCK.

I would like to thank each of you for taking the time to speak at last
Wednesday's special ACM meeting.  I believe the attendees would all
agree
with me that it was a worthwhile evening.  This meeting provided
everyone
(who braved the weather & traffic) a valuable opportunity to hear your
insights and views about the NRC committee report.  More importantly it
gave participants a chance to discuss an issue that is very important to
the U.S. Department of Defense as well as the local software industry.

Rush Kester
Team-Ada
W (301) 640-3632 (in person M-F: 9am-5pm EST, voicemail any time)
Fax        -4750 or -4940

P.S. I apologize for the lack of our usual refreshments.  The local ACM
chapters, like the federal government, are struggling with insufficient
funds to do the job we as professional would like to.  Perhaps, with
your
help, we can return WAdaS (our primary revenue source) to profitable
status.

Rush Kester
W (301) 640-3632 (in person M-F: 9am-5pm EST, voicemail any time)
Fax        -4750 or -4940