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From: Adam Tissa <verb_precedes_adjective@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Cost of Ada support
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:42:34 +1100
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"Steve Doiel" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com> wrote:

>"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message
>> > I would strongly suggest you contact sales@gnat.com to get the actual
>> > cost of ACT support for GNAT.  "Six figures per seat" is inaccurate
>> > almost to the point of libel.

Sorry,  I should have said that the minimum cost is six figures per
year.

For NT:
Minimum supported : 10 seats.
Cost per seat per year : 12,000 US $
Total cost per year : 120,000 US $

For someone who just needs a license for one or two programmers, the
effective cost is the cost for 10 seats.

I am sure that it makes sense in the context of ACT's business model.
( They seem to be thriving )

But I am not sure that it makes a lot of sense for a team of two or
three that are considering using Ada.

Hell, even Jovial is only