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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: GNAT Support Costs
Date: 2000/02/10
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In article <38A2DE89.BB2A8C5D@gmx.de>, Andreas Winckler <andreas.winckler@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> Robert Dewar wrote:
>> It is not at all ACT's intention to cover 100% of the
>> needs of the Ada market. We specialize in a particular
>> segment of the market, namely large scale users who want
>> to use GNAT, and need high level support.
> 
> Only innumerous small teams and projects create a mass market which is
> what lacks Ada. Not concentrating on the market for small projects and
> companies ist the right way to kill Ada.

Not concentrating is the right way to kill a company.

ACT has chosen a business model that happens to be quite amenable
for someone else to concentrate on the segments where ACT has not
concentrated.  It may be annoying to have the first entrant in the
GNAT support business not have chosen _my_ segment as their target
market, but it is better than have them include it and then lose
focus.