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From: Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL Edition Maintenance and Upgrades
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:07:04 +0200
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:

> I'm curious. Do you actually know of any commercial software
> written in Ada? That is, a program written in Ada which is sold
> as a non-customized, shrink-wrapped product to multiple customers?
> Do any of them show up here in c.l.a? Are they complaining?

I'm just working on software that is meant to be distributed
non-customized to multiple customers. It is GUI for some industrial
hardware that we sell. It is not yet deceided if it will be sold or
given away for free (as in beer). But distributing it with sources
gives my management headaches. One reason is that some adventurous
customer with GNAT could create a version that is able to damage the
hardware.

This is a one programmer project and that alone is enough to prevent
me from being eligible as a AdaCore customer.

-- 
Michael Bode