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From: kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
Subject: Re: Dec Ditching Ada?
Date: 1996/09/12
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references: <dewar.842131187@schonberg> <513a9r$10na@ilx018.iil.intel.com>
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organization: New York University Ultracomputer Research Lab
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Date: 1996-09-12T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <m2hgp4om0y.fsf@mihalis.demon.co.uk> cm@mihalis.demon.co.uk (Chris Morgan) writes:
>In article <513a9r$10na@ilx018.iil.intel.com> Uri Raz
>2. Does support give bang for the bucks
>2. ... and will continue to do so.
>
>Who knows? Can't say whether IBM will be around in "the future" let
>alone small companies like ACT (or mine for that matter).

One of the main advantages of free software is that continued support
for GNAT doesn't depend on whether or not ACT is around in the future.
If ACT goes away, or even if its customers become dissatisfied with
either the price or quality of support, somebody else can come in and
offer maintenance services since the source code is freely available.