From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on AdaCore maintaining GCC-incompatible GNAT sources
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:29:58 +0100
Date: 2011-01-21T10:29:58+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16s3pyt9fvzw0.1tpjaer6keqof.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:19:25 +0100, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> Le 20/01/2011 22:56, deadlyhead a �crit :
>> I actually can't see any downside to AdaCore developing on a GCC
>> branch.
>>
> The difficulty AdaCore has to face is that the public version of Gnat is
> a damn good compiler. Even if a new version appears only once a year,
> it's still better than some other proprietary compilers.
>
> Too many industrial users (not those who make rockets, but smaller
> industries) simply use the public version, and it's hard to make them
> pay when the public version is OK for their needs.
>
> Up to 3.15, there was only a single line of products, AdaCore was simply
> selling support for the compiler. Apparently, they had to change that
> business model for reasons.
I think that AdaCore should probably modify their business model in order
to have something between the FSF for 0 and Pro for 15K. Many small
businesses and private persons would promptly buy Linux or Windows GNAT for
$100-500 without support +, say, $25-50 per upgrade. This would not compete
with GNAT Pro, because, my guess, Pro targets rather embedded and R-T
solutions, e.g. VxWorks and standalone, or impose no additional costs.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-20 10:58 Thoughts on AdaCore maintaining GCC-incompatible GNAT sources deadlyhead
2011-01-20 13:37 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-01-20 14:50 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-20 17:47 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-01-20 18:46 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-20 21:03 ` Simon Wright
2011-01-20 21:56 ` deadlyhead
2011-01-21 0:08 ` qunying
2011-01-21 4:43 ` Stephen Leake
2011-01-22 5:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-01-22 6:15 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-25 1:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-02-06 19:58 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-21 7:19 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-01-21 9:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2011-01-21 9:57 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-21 13:51 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-01-21 15:26 ` Fritz Wuehler
2011-01-21 19:50 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-02-05 12:40 ` Marco
2011-01-22 15:29 ` Lucretia
2011-01-21 7:11 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-01-21 4:33 ` Stephen Leake
2011-01-21 5:00 ` Shark8
2011-01-21 6:26 ` Thomas Løcke
2011-01-21 10:05 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-21 19:11 ` Oliver Kellogg
2011-01-21 19:42 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-21 20:41 ` Simon Wright
2011-01-21 22:14 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-01-22 15:28 ` Lucretia
2011-02-03 9:40 ` deadlyhead
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