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: 103376,9b30240b5a381bbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-24 00:29:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Economics was RE: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board? References: <5ee5b646.0208231805.7f456d4d@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.175.241.123 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1030174117 ST000 64.175.241.123 (Sat, 24 Aug 2002 03:28:37 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 03:28:37 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: OH\IRYOGTRUSP_@YMZJ\_Q\@TJ_ZTB\MV@BT]_MIJQR@EPIB_VUKAH_[MTX\IS[K[NGYJJFNOFZR_G[BUNTAOQLFE^TEHRPI]PZZRP_BMDSFQFL_]CBHXRWCMDCUZAZN@D_AKMNLEI]MWHCSXL^]NNC__CZFGSGHYYXWPFG@SCAVA]\FT\@B\RDGENSUQS^M Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 07:28:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28364 Date: 2002-08-24T07:28:37+00:00 List-Id: > "Robert C. Leif" wrote in message news:... > > > The ultimate in unfair > > competition is to make your product available for free. > > Well one would have to agree that if someone is making a product free, > subsidizing it from some other income source, that can be unfair > competition. > ... > Our product, GNAT Pro, is a high quality Ada compiler tool set, with a > ... > Despite Bob's strange statements, this product is not free. In fact It's hard to believe anyone could actually think Bob Leif was referring to Gnat Pro as a free product. Correct me if I'm wrong Bob, but I understood you to be referring to the public, $0, version of Gnat, which appears to be the beneficiary of work on (ie, is subsidized by) Gnat Pro.