Re: Help me with Educational Use for Ada on Sparcs

[netnews.upenn.edu!uofs!guinness.cs.uofs.edu!beidler@rutgers.edu (Jack Be]

In article <1992Oct28.001306.21569@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, pattis@cs.washing
ton.edu (Richard Pattis) writes:
|> Is there anyone out there that works for SUN and is interested in Ada for
|> educational use?  I could use some help.
|> 
|> I was contacted by an instructor at a small school who doesn't have great ne
t
|> access, and wants to teach Ada in CS1/CS2 using Sparcs. According to him, SU
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|> will sell him the Ada compilers for about $1K per machine (he has 6-12) but
|> that Ada is not considered an "Educational Product" so support costs an
|> additional $1.6K per machine, which prices it out of his range.
|> 

Tell him/her to contact Verdix and/or Meridian.  It has been our experience
that they are willing to talk about site licensing for a lot less than
$1K per machine per year.

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