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,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-18 17:50:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if... Date: 18 Aug 2002 17:50:31 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0208181650.4f0ef4ee@posting.google.com> References: <3d5ce7f0.12192351@news.demon.co.uk> <3d5cfa8e.16958234@news.demon.co.uk> <5ee5b646.0208170212.632356f2@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1029718231 9602 127.0.0.1 (19 Aug 2002 00:50:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Aug 2002 00:50:31 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28203 Date: 2002-08-19T00:50:31+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote in message news:... > By bying a software product you don't necessarily buy any > support. If you want good support you buy from a company > that sells support. Yes, indeed that's a reasonable model. Unfortunately, all too often proprietary licensing models mean that you are tied to the original vendor for ever when it comes to support. At Ada Core Technologies, we know very well that people could compete with us on GNAT support, and very likely will compete if we don't do a good job. That keeps us working hard to provide good support :-) Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies