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Subject: Re: An Ada Advice Inquiry
From: Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh+bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de>
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Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 21:39:24 +0200
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On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 20:17 +0200, Michael Bode wrote:
> Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:
> 
> > Still, I wouldn't dismiss the idea so soon. It might need a small
> > amount of paper work to get a cooperation going on the
> > customers' side, and perhaps an informal negotiation
> > of a probationary period with a vendor. But if this setup turns
> > out to be viable for both you and the vendor, why not?
> 
> You could found a cooperative, buy a commercial GPLed-with-Exception
> Compiler and Libs and send copies to every member of the
> cooperative. I doubt the vendor would like the idea.

The idea is different. Shops * Programmers >= 5, Shops <= 3,
are interested in an Ada compiler for Windows and Linux.
These prospective customers confirm they won't be bothering
the vendor with questions (just like with MS or with a no-support
use of Python or Java). "To bother" is typically defined
in a conversation between a vendor and a customer.
Representatives of Vendor, and Shops * Programmers put their
names on a contract.

One clause might read something like, "Customer names
One (1) Representative who might ask a question a month.
Vendor will try to answer at Vendor's discretion."
This would be a more than you get from MS, for example.

For a maker of said compilers, it must be reasonable to
sell copies of their product. So

  type Customer is limited private;

must have a reasonable interface and hence includes

  function Trust(ID: Customer) return Positive;
  -- or else no deal

Not that unusual, I'd say, and hence worth a try. You need
to find Shops run by trustworthy personnel.