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: 103376,4509214aa8b1885b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: cts@kampong.aedinc.net (Craig Spannring) Subject: Re: GNAT Support Costs Date: 2000/02/11 Message-ID: <7oZo4.240$Cx.183@newsfeed.slurp.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 584666178 References: <87i3p2$ih4$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38A2DE89.BB2A8C5D@gmx.de> <38a37e75.0@news.pacifier.com> X-Trace: newsfeed.slurp.net 950297219 208.132.31.130 (Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:26:59 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:26:59 CDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <38a37e75.0@news.pacifier.com>, DuckE wrote: >> >Just exactly what level of support would you expect from a company >concentrating >on the market for small projects? > >Distribution? > >Printed manuals? Amazingly enough, the main problem I've had with free software in industry is the (lack of) up-front cost. Example- A development group I worked with wanted to run some sort of Unix on their PCs. The person assigned to look into it recommended FreeBSD. The idea was shot down by management because you couldn't pay money to get FreeBSD. The group ended up going with Linux because you actually could give somebody money to get a copy of Linux. (Please no flames about Linux being better/worse than FreeBSD.) -- ======================================================================= Life is short. | Craig Spannring Bike hard, ski fast. | cts@internetcds.com --------------------------------+------------------------------------