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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,27539c823b51b306 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-21 11:00:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer1.sprintlink.net!news-in-central.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.online-isp.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada vendors and the art of selling used cars Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:57:57 -0500 Organization: On Line Exchange Sender: randybru@sdsl-64-7-4-91.dsl.chi.megapath.net Message-ID: <9lu7et$3ub$1@news.online-isp.com> References: <3b7fdb8a_2@news3.prserv.net> <9lroc412oq7@enews2.newsguy.com> <3b8194f3_2@news3.prserv.net> <9ls8300bdq@enews4.newsguy.com> <3b81ae82_3@news3.prserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sdsl-64-7-4-91.dsl.chi.megapath.net X-Trace: news.online-isp.com 998416669 4043 64.7.4.91 (21 Aug 2001 17:57:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.online-isp.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Aug 2001 17:57:49 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12185 Date: 2001-08-21T17:57:49+00:00 List-Id: Andrzej Lewandowski wrote in message <3b81ae82_3@news3.prserv.net>... > >Yes, clear. No profit is better than small profit. I wish you luck, Ada vendors... >I wish you luck Ada, too... It's more like a "no profit is better than a small loss". Single-copy prices either have to be very high, or there is a high probably of more support costs than the money coming in. RRS is facing this problem with the support on Claw. Claw is several times more expensive to support than Janus/Ada is (probably because of the difference between a strong standard and no standard...). We're going to have to raise the support prices to the point where it will really not be accessible to the small project. I hate this, but we can't leak money just to promote Ada... Randy Brukardt President R.R. Software, Inc.