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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Current status of Ada?
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:23:02 +0200
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:22:42 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote:

>> Adacore's GNAT Ada pro package pricing kind of reminds me of the 
>> Microsoft / IBM OS/2 version 1.x. Too high.  Adacore should sell the 
>> GNAT Ada Pro as a self contains package without support only a 30 to 
>> 90-day limited support for a price that is around same as other 
>> languages.  And provide additional support as an add-on package.  And a 
>> third version with both GNAT Pro and yearly support.
> 
> FWIW, Aonix announced a new edition of ObjectAda for Windows the
> day before yesterday. The pricing and support options are mentioned
> in the press release and on the web site, resp. Their bundles seem
> to meet your requirements quite well.

AFAIK, ObjectAda for Windows is way over 1K EUR. This is too much for a
package containing only Ada 95 compiler, IDE and some MS-bindings.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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