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Subject: Re: What is the best license to use for open source software?
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On Monday, January 26, 2015 at 6:39:56 PM UTC-6, G. B. wrote:
> "Jedi Tek'Unum" wrote:
> > The frustrating thing is that this situation has existed for 20+ years.=
=20
> > It seems the community lacks the critical mass required to converge on =
effective solutions.
>=20
> Critical mass is seen near fads and big money, adoption of things that
> change and transform, come and go.
> PLs seem to develop differently: What is needed in order to sustain them =
is
> simply business.

Yet nobody (I suppose there are still niche compiler vendors) really makes =
any money on C/C++ compilers.  Vendors only invest in them because they hav=
e to in order to sustain their ecosystem (Apple, Oracle, etc).  Its other a=
spects of the ecosystem that generates revenue, not the tools.

With Ada it is an entirely different story.  Vendors (mostly AdaCore) need =
revenue on the tools themselves because that is all they have for assets.  =
Their market is very small and not going to grow - they already have the cu=
stomers who need it.

Its disappointing that Ada is locked into this niche and shows little poten=
tial to break out.

I guess the problem is really that "general computing" seems to be decaying=
 in quality, not that it was ever very good.  Most believe "good enough" is=
 just that and refuse to spend anything on something better.  They believe =
there is no solution to the ongoing maintenance costs and quality problems.=
  Even when there is.  Inertia (and ignorance) is the killer.

Back to the race to the bottom...