Roger: > I was rather shocked to learn that the Navy (at least for one program) is > requiring that all software -not- be written in Ada. I asked if that > included COTS, and, at least from a second-hand source, the answer was "yes". Are you sure the real reason is that they need data to prove that a pure Ada project is cheaper than a non-Ada project? Jacob (håbet er lysegrønt) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jacob Sparre Andersen -- E-mail: [log in to unmask] -- -- National Laboratory Risø -- Phone.: (+45) 46 77 51 23 -- -- Systems Analysis -- Fax...: (+45) 46 77 51 99 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------