Current Issue: Fall 1997 Ada 95: More Platforms, More Vendors, More Choices, and More on the Way When the Ada Joint Program Office(AJPO) first considered the transition to Ada 95, it concluded that it was vital for the most widely used platforms to get validated support as early as possible... Ada 95: More Platforms, More Vendors, More Choices, and More on the Way The Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE) provides a foundation for building open systems. It is a "plug and play" open architecture designed around a client/server model. The DII COE model is analogous to the Microsoft Windowsr paradigm...Plug and Play for the Warfighter For a list of more articles see the Fall 1997 Table of Contents

Past Issues: 1997 Summer - DoD to Replace Ada Mandate Winter - NRC Study Recommendations 1996 Fall - Improving Ada Portability Spring/Summer - Celebrating Ada 95 Winter - The ReuseIC Open for Business! 1995 Fall - AJPO Support for Ada Summer - Ada is Flying High! Spring - Software Developers Look No Further: Ada 95 Winter - An Educator's Perspective on Ada 1986 - 1994 Past Issues 1986-1994

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