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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:08:49 +0100
From: Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh+bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de>
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Phaedrus wrote:

> Remember, the 
> game market is a lot bigger than the old military market ever was.
> 
> Just a few things will have to change before it's worth-while.

Which ones?

>  You're 
> right, only one real compiler exists and it's horribly expensive for 
> commercial work.

I'm working with another compiler and tools, but indeed,
software has something unreal.

Not sure how those other Ada businesses are providing
their unreal tools.

> (Isn't it interesting that they claim to only charge for 
> "support", but then force anyone who uses the free compiler to release their 
> developed software for free?  *sigh*)  Along that line, a lot of current Ada 
> packages have been infected with the dreaded GPL-itis. That make them 
> unusable for commercial stuff, too.

Yeah, these days there is little you get for nothing.