Re: Is the Ada World Embarrassed by the Defense Industry?

[Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>]

John Magness wrote:

> i.e. Why can't I buy a shrink wrapped Rational/Apex/Ada 95 ( and other
> languages)
> like I can for Code Warrior, Visual C++, and the former Borland products at
> CompUSA ?  One of the reasons that C, C++ and Java are popular is that

Little-known fact: CompUSA actually *charges* publishers for shelf space in
their stores. A publisher has to have pretty deep pockets and a good
expectation of moving lots of product to even think about getting shelf space
in a national chain. Its generally not worth the expense unless your company
has multiple products to sell. This is the reason small game deveopment
companies are typically foced to sign themselves into servitude with one of the
major software publishing houses.


> students (and schools) can purchase compilers with decent IDEs at a low
> price.  But of course this would put Rational in direct competition with

Students (and schools) can purchase Ada compilers with decent IDEs at a low
price too. Aonix offers educational pricing for ObjectAda, and Gnat (IDE's
don't get much better than Emacs) is essentially free (can't get much cheaper
than free) for anyone who doesn't need priority support. ACT might even offers
schools discounts on support.

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