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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b30240b5a381bbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-22 03:28:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board? Date: 22 Aug 2002 03:28:47 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0208220228.17e661b5@posting.google.com> References: <5ee5b646.0208211140.53d594e7@posting.google.com> <20020821200840.11247.00000111@mb-df.aol.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 1030012127 9229 127.0.0.1 (22 Aug 2002 10:28:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Aug 2002 10:28:47 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28311 Date: 2002-08-22T10:28:47+00:00 List-Id: "SteveD" wrote in message news:... > As I recall it was Tom Griest (not sure I have the > spelling right) that first made a Win32 port of GNAT > available. Before it was available from ACT. Yes that's right. And of course there may be someone who is sure that the conditions are different, or that the price was wrong, or that the product was premature, and that everything is different now. Perhaps. Just because Ada Core does not market something does not necessarily mean it can't be marketed. After all, no doubt one can make money selling halloween costumes, but Ada Core Technologies is not in that business last time I looked :-) And more seriously, we can't even expect to cover all viable aspects of the commercial Ada market. Successful companies specialize in what they are good at. We consider our strength to be in providing high level support for mission critical projects, since that's where we see the major business opportunity. That's a totally different business from going after a mass market. Even if the mass market is viable, going after such a market is not something that fits our expertise and business model. This kind of specialization is definitely a key to success. 2001-2002 was a difficult period for many (almost all?) high tech companies, but Ada Core Technologies has prospered during that period. We have experienced steady growth for this period in both companies (Ada Core Technologies and ACT/Europe) and we have a dedicated group of people, who may not be getting rich with stock options, but they are paid respectable and steady salaries :-) I have run into a few people who are puzzled by our financial model, because they don't see how the founders expect to make big money out of the company. It's a sad sign of the times that people assume this is the motive for founding a company, and the founders, who are not getting Enron-style-rich, but are also paid respectable and steady salaries are quite content with the situation thank you :-) Once again, the nice thing about Free Software is that we don't lock up the market by stopping anyone else from using or exploiting our technology. If someone thinks they can be successful selling an inexpensive ARM port of GNAT to the mass market, then I say go for it! Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies