Re: IBM Rational Ada

[anon@anon.org (anon)]

Like, I said my info came from Oct 2008. While the US was doing a nose 
dive to deletion. Plus, IBM was selling 4 version of there Ada.


In <slrngoe39e.6vk.Colin_Paul_Gloster@Bluewhite64.example.net>, Nicholas Paul Collin Gloucester <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org> writes:
>Anon, thanks for trying to be helpful. However, please read the
>following from I.B.M....
>
>I emailed I.B.M. on February 2nd, 2009:
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>|"On August 27th, 2008, Nuno Marques emailed:                                                     |
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>||"[..]                                                                                          ||
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>||Price list for 1 license of IBM Rational ADA Developer Floating User License + SW Subscription ||
>||& Support 12 Months is 32.558,00 EUR, but Universidade de Coimbra can acquire it for special   ||
>||price of  13.023,00 EUR.                                                                       ||
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>||[..]"                                                                                          ||
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>|Hello,                                                                                           |
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>|I have still not ordered a copy yet partially because of unforeseen                              |
>|problems, but eventually I may be able to order a copy.                                          |
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>|However, as we are experiencing financial difficulties and the amount                            |
>|of 13023.00 Euro is more than the biggest income I have ever received                            |
>|in a year, this may not be affordable. I have seen                                               |
>|"IBM Rational Ada Developer v.4.4 Enterprise Edition - BT01ENA" and                              |
>|"$118.95" on                                                                                     |
>|WWW.TechShopping.biz/sale/3297647/                                                               |
>|so could you please clarify for me what are the differences?                                     |
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>|Yours sincerely,                                                                                 |
>|Colin Paul Gloster"                                                                              |
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>
>Someone of I.B.M. responded on February 2nd, 2009:
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>|"The item that you refer in your email is the Media pack (probably CDs).                       |
>|When you acquire the license (the quote that we sent you) you can request 1 set of Media packs |
>|for free or download the latest versions electronically (the more green alternative)."         |
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