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From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@alpha1.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: Re: GNAT Professional ?
Date: 1998/09/15
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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?

-- 
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