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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,630c12e823d1bdf4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-14 02:09:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1040653133.613605@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3e18f3f3_1@news.tm.net.my> <6KwmrO7CZtnj@eisner.encompasserve.org> <1041910244.361888@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E1E5604.5030209@nospam.adrianhoe.com> <3E1EA349.6B97C328@adaworks.com> <3E1F9FD5.90802@nospam.adrianhoe.com> <3E22B217.FA0DB29@brighton.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Ada Compiler Pricing (was Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: New Ada compiler for .NET) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:11:15 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.61.254 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1042538979 219.88.61.254 (Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:09:39 NZDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:09:39 NZDT Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32999 Date: 2003-01-14T23:11:15-08:00 List-Id: "John English" wrote in message news:3E22B217.FA0DB29@brighton.ac.uk... > Publishers have cut back on the number of Ada books they publish > because there isn't as big a market as there is from books on e.g. > Java. Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy to me... Mind you, it's not as simple as that. Some years ago when the LRM/ARM/Rationale was [first?] published by Springer-Verlag I was looking to buy the whole set. One of the largest techinical bookshops around here had trouble even finding a person who knew what I'm talking about. When they finally did, they quoted such an outrageous price for the books that, even in those early days of the internet, it would be several times cheaper to order in direct from the publisher including postage, taxes and everything. I finally got the best deal I could find from a certain on-line book shop. Even so, I had to point out that the books they listed as "available next quarter" had been available for some months. At least, whoever handled that request brought the books on line soon enough (and I even got a discount for pointing that out, which is always a good thing :-) But, looks like I know of at least one case where published book(s) availability had no significant impact on anything, unless you really knew what you are looking for ...