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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!fx09.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hubert User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? References: <87fvdr2vdv.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <54609F34.4080201@spam.spam> <35f01472-3510-4f67-8765-006fa8591c35@googlegroups.com> <9tc8w.73007$ZT5.37595@fx07.iad> <22a3816a-4e89-48f0-a126-dce581781beb@googlegroups.com> <084b1934-9641-425e-85ec-293e0334413e@googlegroups.com> <86bf69c8-eb08-4696-b6c9-3784f5c42213@googlegroups.com> <87389olqie.fsf@ixod.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 141112-0, 11/12/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:54:43 UTC Organization: http://www.NewsDemon.com Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:54:50 -0800 X-Received-Bytes: 2645 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2874013227 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23208 Date: 2014-11-12T17:54:50-08:00 List-Id: > Unfortunately, if it is like most of David's other software, it won't work > on other Ada compilers. (That is a common problem, not really picking on > David here, a lot of supposedly Ada software is really GNAT software.) That > locks you into GNAT, and as you note, the costs for getting regular support > for GNAT are not really affordable. Let's face it: Gnat is the only compiler out there that has any chance of making it to mainstream market. I contacted the other two vendors of Ada compilers (forgot the names, I refer to them internally as the green and the silver/blue website). they dont have prices on their sites, have cool pics of fighter jets and only support up to Ada 95. I wanted to ask for prices, evaluation version and I didn't even get a response, so I guess unless you have "IBM" or "Pentagon" in your email domain, they don't even read your email. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com