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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f596f25a850be886 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: Static linking of GNAT library Date: 2000/08/26 Message-ID: <5hqOllcYQUn8@eisner.decus.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 662689651 References: <39A3FCFB.28E60A57@raytheon.com> <3ibp5.5530$aE5.202411@news-east.usenetserver.com> <8o5lh3$am51@news.kvaerner.com> <8o76gn$4el$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 967289732 216.44.122.34 (Sat, 26 Aug 2000 11:35:32 GMT) Organization: LJK Software NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 11:35:32 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <8o76gn$4el$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar writes: > In article <8o5lh3$am51@news.kvaerner.com>, > "Tarjei T. Jensen" wrote: >> It is not a sales pitch when they tell you why they cannot >> help you. If they helped you out for free they would not >> honour their contract with SGI. > > Note by the way that this is a condition that SGI insisted on. > We actually preferred that we have the ability to provide direct > support for SGI users, but SGI prefers to keep all support > issues for SGI software handled through their support > organization. If things work as they should the engineer in > question at SGI will refer the issue to us if SGI cannot solve > it. There is always the possibility that SGI might change their mind in the future and want to renegotiate terms. I know of another company where managers regret terms their predecessors used to constrain the relationship with a company like ACT. There is no guarantee they will ever take action, but the whole management tree in the relevant area has changed, such that different interests are involved.