PLEASE let's NOT clutter Team-Ada with job ads. No matter how good some may feel about knowing there _are_ Ada jobs in the world. We already know that. This list is for focused discussions of how best to promote Ada, and should not turn into a grab bag of comp.lang.ada-like messages. I think informing us that you regularly get requests from people looking for Ada engineers is fine. Now it's done, and some may already feel better about Ada's future. But we need something more than feeling good. Some real issues for Ada's future are: how many compilers are available; are good Ada 95 tools appearing; how many bindings do we have; how easy is it to interface Ada with other languages; is Ada widely taught; is Ada respected as a serious language; will Java displace existing Ada development; what are the alternatives to Ada? (My short answers are: all major platforms are already covered; yes; more and more--unlike what happened with Ada 83; very easy--unlike most other languages; yes, as Mike reports to us; yes, as regular mention in press articles demonstrates; very unlikely; Java and C++, and the latter is a mess). What can we do to improve the odds that Ada will grow in value and popularity, now that we have a new standard, an Ada-to-JVM compiler, validated compilers, GNAT, lots of great books, etc.? Magnus ps: why is Ada the only major language that Microsoft has not attempted to transform into a Windows-only dialect? is this a good or a bad sign? Magnus Kempe -- [log in to unmask] -- http://www.ksce.com/ President, Kempe Software Capital Enterprises La Gentilhommiere, route d'Essertines, CH-1416 Pailly, Switzerland Tel/Fax +41 21 887 8442