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http://cppdepend.com/blog/?p=3D994

=E2=80=9CAccording to Moore, the marketer should focus on one group of cust=
omers at a time, using each group as a base for marketing to the next group=
. The most difficult step is making the transition between visionaries (ear=
ly adopters) and pragmatists (early majority).=E2=80=9D

Do we all agree that Ada has never quite crossed the chasm (although it alm=
ost did during the late 1980s)?  How can Ada cross the chasm?

How will Ada use one base of programmers/software-engineers as a basis to m=
ove onto convincing another group of programmers/software-engineers of Ada'=
s advantages?  Or is the purpose of Ada to preach to its current choir with=
out trying to fill the pews with new parishioners?