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,fc6b98caa14b4851 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!cleanfeed1-b.proxad.net!nnrp5-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is OSS Commercial Software So Expensive? References: <3698634.pnVmuSdKQp@linux1.krischik.com> <1160631304.552665.260340@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> <452E7201.1010407@obry.net> Date: 12 Oct 2006 20:12:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87lknlcsjg.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:6f8:37a:2::2 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Oct 2006 20:15:07 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.191.14.223 X-Trace: 1160676907 news-1.free.fr 3191 88.191.14.223:37658 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6935 Date: 2006-10-12T20:15:07+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Pascal" == Pascal Obry writes: >> OK, but if I want to buy licence for 2 seats with no support at all >> I can't Pascal> Of course since AdaCore is selling support :) Well, not only, AdaCore also sells a non-GPL version of the compiler with the guarantee that it is ok to use it in a proprietary context. It looks like some people would like to buy only that part. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/