Re: 'cheap Ada compilers', was Re: GNAT 3.03 for OS/2

[Ted Dennison <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>]

tmoran@bix.com wrote:
> 
> In <3159B312.6F38@escmail.orl.mmc.com> Ted Dennison said:
> >$1,200 a year is about what support for most commercial development
> >environments runs.
>   Perhaps that's standard in your experience, but it's way high in
> my world.  I'm quite surprised that some folks feel the battle for
> 'cheap Ada compilers' has been won when the compiler is free (but
> updates cost $1200/year).  Must be different accounting systems.

That would be a suprising opinion. Luckily it's wrong. Gnat updates
are (mostly) free. All you have to do is go get one. If you want
you can even make one yourself from the sources. In the commercial
world, you would have to pay whatever the "support" fee is for a
yearly update. That would typically run you around a grand.

Again, I DO see where a grand is a lot of money for an individual
to pay for support. I just don't buy the argument that this is a
problem unique to Gnat. EVERYONE charges a lot for support.

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