This is the title of an article on p. 30 of Crosstalk, December 1998 by Rayford B. Vaughn, Jr. from Mississippi State University. I was unable to find it on the crosstalk web site yet. The summary states (typos mine): It should be clear that a year after the report was released, most of the recommendations and findings have not been followed. There are earlier reports that indicate DoD adopted all but one recommendation, ..., but as can be seen from the above, little was adopted. The process changes recommended by the report seem to be under careful study by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, but the overall intention of the report was not accepted. The recommendations were meant to work together as a holistic approach to improve the software development process in DoD. A piecemeal adoption may do more harm than good. As a war-fighting language and a national competitive advantage, Ada would have to be considered in jeopardy at the current time. -- Karl --