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From: dan.r.mcleran@seagate.com (Dan McLeran)
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Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development
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> By contrast, .Net, Eclipse, JBuilder are mass-marketed to an audience
> of "coders", not "software engineers", to paraphrase Jeffrey Carter.
> I would also be curious what prices Microsoft, IBM and Borland charge
> for support contracts (as opposed to licenses) for .Net, Eclipse and
> JBuilder respectively.
Eclipse is free as well and I don't know if there are any companies
out there that sell support services (might not be a bad idea,
though). MS .Net and Borland tools and support contracts are not free.
>From my own research, they don't charge as much as ACT.