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From: Vincent Celier <vcelier@direct.ca>
Subject: Re: Ada caused failure of IBM's attempt to redesign air traffic
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Date: 1996/11/16
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Robert Dewar wrote:
> 
> Regarding the (perfectly silly and uninformed) comments that Stanfins died
> due to Ada (it was in fact a highly successful project technically), and
> that the failure of the IBM ATC effort was due to Ada (the problems ha
> d nothing to do with Ada), I have one comment: The author was Ted Holden,
> who we have not heard from for a while here -- but those with long enough
> memories will understand!

I remember Ted Holden perfectly.

Please, DO NOT reply to him.  We are currently free of really nasty Ada
haters these
days, let's not a new war.

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