Ada vendors and the art of selling used cars

["Andrzej Lewandowski" <lewandoREMOVE@attglobal.net>]

Ada vendors,

Could you please publish price list of your products?

With notable exception of R.R. Software that makes the price list public,
any attempt to know the cost of tools from other vendors results in "you
will be contacted by our sales representative". The very first attempt of
such sales representative is investigating the depth of my pocket. Usual
question is "what for you will be using our product?" that generates my
standard answer: "not your f...g business".

It seems that "used car dealer mentality" is the REAL obstacle in
making Ada more popular than it is.

A.L.