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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on AdaCore maintaining GCC-incompatible GNAT sources
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:29:58 +0100
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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.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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