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_50,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!CTC.CONTEL.COM!reid From: reid@CTC.CONTEL.COM (Tom Reid x4505) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Pricing Ada out of Education Message-ID: <9101042209.AA02201@ctc.contel.com> Date: 4 Jan 91 22:09:53 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet List-Id: Unfortunately, I have to agree with Richard Pattis. I have wanted to use Ada for a translator construction course that I teach. The university does not use Ada in any of its classes now and I am off-campus so the site license route is out. I need a mechanism that I can inform the vendor the students in the course so that they can order directly or I have to be distributor and collect from the students. Needless to say, I prefer the first. The price is another thing. After requiring a text book, I still need a language tutorial book and the compiler. We are starting to look at real money. Last year, I was able to have the students buy the Jensen and Partners, Inc. Modula-2 student pak for $50. It included a nice tutorial. I faxed my student role to JPI so they knew who was legit. This method kept the student cost to under $100 (barely) and I thought that was acceptable. I have also used shareware compilers. The Ada vendors I approached were not as accommodating. Part of this might be that JPI seriously targets college campuses whereas I do not see the Ada vendors doing that. I would love to see an Ada vendor take an agressive marketing fling at colleges and I would reward then by trying to make Ada a serious part of the curriculum. Thomas F. Reid, Ph. D. (703)818-4505 (work) Contel Technology Center (703)742-8720 (home) 15000 Conference Center Drive Net: reid@ctc.contel.com P.O. Box 10814 Chantilly, Va. 22021-3808