The service academies are also moving toward Ada. In fact, the Air Force Academy is solely Ada. West Point teaches Ada in their computer science disciplines and has made Ada the first course of study for cadets to take independent of their specialization. Unfortunately, the Naval Academy isn't pursuing the Ada initiatives as aggressively as the Air Force and the Army. Yet, they are teaching Ada and will be doing more next year.
Education takes many forms.
The universities are certainly doing their share, but the 3,000 people who attended the Software Technology Conference in Salt Lake City in April received a great deal also. It is to be hoped that each of those 3,000 folks went home and told 10 other people about Ada 95. In fact, to help dispel the myth that there aren't any tools available, the AJPO gave away a CD-ROM that contains five Ada compilers, tools, reports, and reusable assets on it to all attendees. There is Ada training available for government programmers. The trainer news and a great deal of other information also is available on the Ada Information Clearinghouse web server.