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, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC,XPRIO autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,27539c823b51b306,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-19 08:33:32 PST Reply-To: "Andrzej Lewandowski" From: "Andrzej Lewandowski" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada vendors and the art of selling used cars Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 11:33:37 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-12-64-157-234.mis.prserv.net Message-ID: <3b7fdb8a_2@news3.prserv.net> X-Trace: 19 Aug 2001 15:30:18 GMT, slip-12-64-157-234.mis.prserv.net Organization: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!nntp.abs.net!uunet!dca.uu.net!ash.uu.net!newsfeed2.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news3.prserv.net!slip-12-64-157-234.mis.prserv.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12103 Date: 2001-08-19T11:33:37-05:00 List-Id: 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.