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: 103376,577c9f9c0cdd76d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Richard D Riehle Subject: Re: Confusing language, was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Date: 1999/11/04 Message-ID: <7vsgjk$aeh$1@nntp6.atl.mindspring.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 544467616 References: <7vphsr$tlk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7vqgs2$lcc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises X-Server-Date: 4 Nov 1999 17:43:16 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-04T17:43:16+00:00 List-Id: In article <7vqgs2$lcc$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar wrote: >I definitely would encourage vendors of proprietary software >to consider this very workable model (who knows, perhaps CLAW >would make more money if it were open sourced, and for sure it >would be more widely used :-) :-) I think the source for CLAW is pretty much open. That is, when one purchases a copy of CLAW, it seems the source code comes with it. If the new licensee wants to modify the source, there is little to prevent it. The issue with CLAW is that it is a product. Randy Brukhardt spends long hours alone in his office working on this product. The only financial support he receives is when someone buys a copy of his product. In this sense, there is no way to make it free. It takes money to develop software. Where does the money come from? In the case of CLAW, it comes from those who license the product, as nearly as I can tell. Someone has to pay for Randy's time for developing CLAW and keeping it up to date. A product for sale must provide some benefit over one for free. Randy's effort certainly fits that criteria. We have clients who are licensees of CLAW and like its total Ada approach to Windows programming. I personally like its use of Ada 95 features that are not available in the C++ based MFC, or the thin Ada bindings from other sources. It seems to me that the compiler publishers are missing an opportunity by not bundling CLAW as part of their Windows 95/98/NT products. It would certainly make those products more attractive for Windows programming. Richard Riehle http://www.adaworks.com