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From: James Rogers <jrogers@velveeta.apdev.cs.mci.com>
Subject: Re: gnat-3.10
Date: 1997/07/02
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Date: 1997-07-02T00:00:00+00:00
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Ronald Cole wrote:
> 
> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> > The reason we say no to your request for a copy of the latest version is
> > that we do not want you to waste time as you did on 3.09.
> 
> Well, this is certainly the first time you have said this!  Your public
> release of 3.09 certainly was a waste of time on the HPUX platform...
> 
> > Apparently, you expected free support on those problems, and got a
> > bit upset when we declined.
 
> > Since no free support will be available on 3.10 either, we will not
> > give you a copy until we feel it is in reasonable shape for a public
> > release.

The ACT WEB page certainly has some misleading information concerning
support.  On the URL www.gnat.com/ftp/html is the following:

Downloading GNAT

Current supported platforms and versions are as follows:

      GNAT 3.09 Alpha Digital Unix 4.0
      GNAT 3.09 HP HPUX 10.x
      GNAT 3.09 x86 Linux ELF
      GNAT 3.09 SGI IRIX 5.3/6.2
      GNAT 3.09 SNI SINIX 5.45
      GNAT 3.09 Sparc Solaris 2.3/2.4/2.5.1
      GNAT 3.09 Sparc SunOS 4.1.3
      GNAT 3.09 Windows NT/Windows 95
      GNAT 3.09 IBM OS/2 Warp
      GNAT 3.09 Powermac Machten
      GNAT 3.07 DOS 

Gnat is available from these FTP sites and mirrors. 

      ----------------------------------------

I understand that ACT means that support is for a fee.  Unfortunately,
this is not stated or implied on this WEB page.  Since the versions
listed are available for free download, it is easy and not 
unreasonable to assume that *some* level of support is available
to those who do not pay a fee.

Perhaps the WEB page should read:

Currently available versions are as follows:
(Support for these versions is available for a fee)


-- 
Jim Rogers
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Team Ada