Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if...

[john.nospam@nospamassen.nospamdemon.co.uk (John McCabe)]

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:23:14 +0000 (UTC), Preben Randhol
<randhol+news@pvv.org> wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:17:31 GMT, John McCabe wrote:
>> 
>> Oh yes! That's right. But where can you buy e.g. GNAT (public) on a CD
>> in a box with a printed manual?
>
>Hmm, perhaps I should make a small company ;-)

Feel free :-)

>> If you go to your [large] company's accountat and say "there you go,
>> I've spent $1000 on software" and they say, "well, where is it?" and
>> you say "it's a file on my PC" what do you think they're going to say
>> to that?

>Well if you download GNAT (Public) or some other program then you say
>"I've spent $0 on software" and the accountant will smile from ear to
>ear and get big dewy dollar symbols in his eyes whilst drooling. ;-) 

Ah, but then the manager with some vague [odd] idea of software comes
in and says "If it doesn't cost anything, it can't be any good" :-)

>If one is expected to pay for the program, then of course I also would
>like to have a printed manual and a CD-ROM. Unless it is support you pay
>for.