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Subject: Re: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board?
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In article <7vlm70cqcz.fsf@vlinux.voxelvision.no>, Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen <oleh@vlinux.voxelvision.no> writes:
> Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen <oleh@vlinux.voxelvision.no> writes:
> 
>> Dmitry A.Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
>> 
>> > Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>> > 
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> > > Certainly there _could_be_ such a market, but vendors must prioritize
>> > > on that which will sell.
>> > 
>> > Surely. My question was why the priorities look so. As far as I understood 
>> > the strategy is simple - sit and wait until customers come to us.
>> > 
>> 
>> And preferably pay up front for the develoment of the compiler....  OK
>> strategy if you sell few expensive development systems, probably not a
>> good strategy to penetrate the mass market.
>> 
>> > -- 
>> > Regards,
>> > Dmitry Kazakov
>> > www.dmitry-kazakov.de
> 
> P.S. I'm not thinking of any specific vendor here, just experiences
> from the past.

Of course in the case of GNAT, anyone can be a vendors, so some of those
who feel the opportunities abound should put their own money at risk in
such a venture.