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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:37:26 -0500
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On 3/11/2011 3:37 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
> People cost at least $100k per year, so you have that
 > to spend on an Ada toolchain.
>
> GNATPRO is around $25k per year.
>
> What is the problem? I'm guessing you don't really believe the
> productivity factor.

Of course not. Who would? The very notion of "Buy our tool for
$25K per year and you'll save twice as much." immediately triggers
suspicion of a snow job by salesmen. You are asking a company to
commit quite a bit of money on a tool that will need to be thrown
away if things don't work out (which is not true of extra employees,
who can be reassigned). Furthermore, it's a technology that's
perceived as being long past its prime and never successful even in
its heyday.