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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no 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: 2002-03-28 19:30:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CA3DFB2.EDBF3E87@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr 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> <3CA0FEDF.BF6F2C55@raytheon.com> <3CA24461.76BF944E@despammed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:29:54 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1017372603 151.168.144.162 (Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:30:03 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:30:03 EST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.arch:26069 comp.lang.ada:21808 Date: 2002-03-28T22:29:54-05:00 List-Id: > > similar level of support meaning, new version of compiler > > as fast as possible after a bug report (usually within 24 hours) > > Thats a very high level of support and one would expect to pay a lot for it. > My question is: "Assuming a C/C++ vendor is providing the same level of > support, what do *they* charge for it?" Chances are, it would be similar in > price, so faulting ACT or Ada for a really steep price tag on this isn't > fair. My point is that I doubt many--if any--C++ vendors offer that. (If their product is written in C++, they probably are unable to) -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau