From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@alpha1.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: Re: GNAT Professional ?
Date: 1998/09/15
Date: 1998-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6tlo7s$p4r$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 35FE3057.B87B0FF@grep.net
Paul Whittington <paul@grep.net> wrote:
[snip a lot]
> We are a small company, and don't need the kind of support ACT provides
> in its product offerings; and we can't afford it :( We considered
...
> I request that you read the following statements, and those of anyone
> else that cares to chime in, and reconsider your decision to release
> only once a year or so.
...
> Additionally, it would help to stimulate the development and use of
> Ada in commercial software projects, thus increasing ACT's potential
> "supported product" market.
...
> take a chance, use Ada, and see if the Ada ROI is real. Rather its
...
> ... The Ada community as a
> whole, and ACT specifically, could be benefiting from our work and
> success, as well as the work and success of others.
...
> respect and admiration for ACT's GNAT team, and more eyes, experiences,
> and imaginations couldn't hurt.
Feedback is a precious good. ACT discourages this free income
in-so-far that non-paying customers can't see the status of their
contributions, like thrown into a black hole. So why reporting?
--
Peter Hermann Tel+49-711-685-3611 Fax3758 ica2ph@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de
Pfaffenwaldring 27 Raum 114, D-70569 Stuttgart Uni Computeranwendungen
http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-09-15 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-09-09 0:00 Fixed point design error in Ada95 Wayne Magor
1998-09-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-09-10 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-10 0:00 ` Wayne Magor
1998-09-12 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-11 0:00 ` GNAT Professional ? Mats Weber
1998-09-11 0:00 ` dennison
1998-09-11 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-12 0:00 ` Paul Whittington
1998-09-14 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-15 0:00 ` Paul Whittington
1998-09-15 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1998-09-15 0:00 ` Peter Hermann [this message]
1998-09-15 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-14 0:00 ` Al Christians
1998-09-11 0:00 ` Fixed point design error in Ada95 Wayne Magor
1998-09-11 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-12 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-09-12 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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