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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4ffc4a297a9f10e0 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Thoughts on AdaCore maintaining GCC-incompatible GNAT sources References: <62c8c6c1-6578-4e61-b68a-2c192f34aa94@f20g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <1456fbc5-f951-4721-8575-0b73a492f275@r29g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:33:46 -0500 Message-ID: <82pqrqq3it.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:93Xt9hlAdIfDjjVjH0VlSEWhefY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: 17a4b4d390c97e029e66103193 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16596 Date: 2011-01-20T23:33:46-05:00 List-Id: "Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" writes: > And why not promote some funding from other users ? Let say 1200 users > of the GPL version, each funding $10 e year (relatively accessible), > this will reach the level of pricing for GNAT Pro on Windows. Try to > negotiate with AdaCore for a special kind of contract on this basis. > Is that an valid option ? This would not offer a full-support GNAT > obviously, but this may help to get more (very probably). Ada core is in the business of selling support for Ada tools. Trying to support 1200 users on $10 each is simply not possible (as you say). If Ada core is to start maintaining their sources in a more open way, that will cost them time, and thus money. This would be an on-going cost, not a one-time expenditure. SO there has to be an on-going income stream to support that. 1200 users at $10 each, guaranteed for the next 10 years, might work. But no one will believe that 10 year commitment. -- -- Stephe