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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,2acf1f37f6bdc5f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!bandi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!194.25.134.62.MISMATCH!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!feed.news.schlund.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!not-for-mail From: Michael Bode Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Licences Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:03:07 +0200 Organization: 1&1 Internet AG Message-ID: <871x2l4nsk.fsf@code-hal.de> References: <1129303351.767662.191580@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <6079939.ppPQ0zCOeG@linux1.krischik.com> <87ll0tyc9v.fsf@code-hal.de> <2251840.aG0VlI3NOc@linux1.krischik.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p54af0d21.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: online.de 1129467788 24962 84.175.13.33 (16 Oct 2005 13:03:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:03:08 +0000 (UTC) X-message-flag: IMPORTANT MESSAGE -- PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY!!! X-Accepted-File-Formats: ASCII, .rtf, .ps, .pdf - *NO* MS Office files User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vnv7GElLQxz3npq/gVJYiyLhGKo= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5722 Date: 2005-10-16T15:03:07+02:00 List-Id: Martin Krischik writes: > I think that is the real problem here. When I talked with AdaCore they said > that cheaper offers made no sense and there was the free version for that. > Problem now is that the free version is GPL and the gap between the free > version and PRO version has deepened - while what we actually need a > smaller gap between them. Maybe contrary to polpular believe the big companies were just starting to use GNAT 3.15p too and AdaCore simply wants to plug that hole. They are sure not going to generate additional revenue from small companies. Maybe Java gets some additional users. -- Michael Bode