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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.119.132 with SMTP id ku4mr74008290pab.7.1420555906822; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:51:46 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.91.40 with SMTP id y37mr36989qgd.11.1420555906775; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:51:46 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!h15no214706igd.0!news-out.google.com!n9ni76qai.0!nntp.google.com!dc16no4470026qab.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 06:51:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.250.123.221; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.250.123.221 References: <87bnmetex4.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4ae7f0d5-d681-4be9-95bc-b5e789b3ad40@googlegroups.com> <87tx06rve6.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87lhlirpk0.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <79f3eff7-2b45-40ae-af94-fa9a17426d82@googlegroups.com> <87bnmd8mg2.fsf@ixod.org> <19cf9bc2-f8b9-4735-b427-7b070dda59da@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <72ede803-e2e9-4e21-a415-457374bef87d@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware From: David Botton Injection-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:51:46 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:191712 Date: 2015-01-06T06:51:46-08:00 List-Id: > Unfortunately, I fear that nobody from Atego is reading this > newsgroup... (Yes, they (Alsys at that time) used to have a "personal" > version of the compiler). It really wouldn't matter, there is no big profit in the small sales in their minds. Most of these vendors have the same small minded thinking of only looking at direct sales instead of expanding the user base through mass marketing efforts through free or cheap compiler options. If Ada doesn't grow in general use and to a larger general user base it is only a matter of time for the niche market to dry up or Ada displaced in those markets. David Botton