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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c62a5e526aafd9d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-27 18:20:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The Hobby Lobby was Windows CE? Date: 27 Sep 2001 18:20:22 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0109271720.7d303e8b@posting.google.com> References: <9onhgu$9h9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BAF77E6.9BDE9102@adaworks.com> <9onvig$f6n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3bb05ee7.10496763@news.demon.co.uk> <5ee5b646.0109251818.5f6dd078@posting.google.com> <3bb1cfbd.18007503@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1001640023 3626 127.0.0.1 (28 Sep 2001 01:20:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Sep 2001 01:20:23 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13450 Date: 2001-09-28T01:20:23+00:00 List-Id: john.mccabe@emrad.com.nospam (John McCabe) wrote in message news:<3bb1cfbd.18007503@news.demon.co.uk>... > On 25 Sep 2001 19:18:22 -0700, dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote: > I'm suggesting, it's just a matter of making it available! > > John There is nothing *difficult* in providing low cost GNAT compilers. Anyone could do this if they wanted to. Ada Core Technologies is simply not in this business. You can't hope to cover all aspects of a market, and we choose to concentrate on high level service contracts which is where we have found a successful market. We need to present a consistent message to the outside world, and the message we chose to convey if highly responsive, very effective support. In our view that is inconsistent with low cost products with limited support, so we leave this market to others. Note that certainly Aonix has some presence in this market, and that seems just fine to us. Part of the function of competition is for different competitors to provide different sources. Like a broken record, I will say it again, if you think this is a viable market, then by all means seize the opportunity. I think you can be pretty sure that ACT will not try to compete with you in that segment of the marketplace! Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies