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From: "jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net" <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: Re: What is wrong with Ada?
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On Apr 24, 6:20 pm, "Chad  R. Meiners" <chad.rmein...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Apr 21, 9:50 am, "jimmaureenrog...@worldnet.att.net"
>
> <jimmaureenrog...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > Can you obtain trial versions of any Microsoft product at all?
>
> Actually most computer science students can obtain free and complete
> versions of most Microsoft products.

That fact is irrelevant to the conversation. The question was in
relation to
the difficulty of commercial projects obtaining trial versions of Ada
tools.

Jim Rogers