From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-12 11:12:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ed Falis Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Message-ID: <20030812140803.65e50b9e.falis@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.9.4claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:12:30 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.203.57.229 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1060711950 151.203.57.229 (Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:12:30 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:12:30 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41356 Date: 2003-08-12T18:12:30+00:00 List-Id: On 12 Aug 2003 16:14:02 GMT Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org (Colin Paul Gloster) wrote: > Hyman Rosen wrote in response to things Rob Leif said: > > "[..] > > the GPL is one of the causes of ACT's extremely bi-level pricing > > policy, free or very expensive. In order for Ada to be truly COTS, > > she desperately needs products with PC type pricing. > Aonix, for whom I worked for many years, tried exactly that (several ways and times) - Microsoft style pricing with something a bit better than Microsoft-style support. The existing Ada market wanted support equivalent to what they'd get for $10K a year per copy. The potential Ada market didn't see any differentiators (and ObjectAda on Windows was pretty full-up as a development system). Needless to say, Aonix did not make a lot of bucks for our efforts. - Ed