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,db9a11afb3da4240 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 102b75,501ec19d1d81daee X-Google-Attributes: gid102b75,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-26 15:15:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CA0FEDF.BF6F2C55@raytheon.com> From: Mark Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Cost of Ada support References: < <3C9DBCEC.6820090E@earthlink.net> <$zjU3lVSbGVB@eisner.encompasserve.org> <0au1augta4utpds3g4bcb0h0oqcidpc5g2@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:06:07 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.27.48.39 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1017183995 192.27.48.39 (Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:06:35 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:06:35 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.arch:25937 comp.lang.ada:21703 Date: 2002-03-26T17:06:07-06:00 List-Id: Adam Tissa wrote: > > "Steve Doiel" wrote: > > >"Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message > >> > I would strongly suggest you contact sales@gnat.com to get the actual > >> > cost of ACT support for GNAT. "Six figures per seat" is inaccurate > >> > almost to the point of libel. > > Sorry, I should have said that the minimum cost is six figures per > year. > [snip] Not true. As Larry said before, I suggest you call ACT for pricing. I am renewing annual support for well less that $100K US for support of 50-100 software developers. I would more likely believe the $12k figure you quote is for all 10 developers (not per developer). > For someone who just needs a license for one or two programmers, the > effective cost is the cost for 10 seats. Agreed. That is part of the pricing they chose to implement. They explained the reasoning to me - perhaps you can ask to get the same answer.... If you need the support and its worth say 8 weeks of labor to pay for it, go ahead and do so. If not, ask questions on c.l.a or go to another vendor. --Mark