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From: Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT Support Costs
Date: 2000/02/10
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Andreas Winckler wrote:
> Robert Dewar wrote:
> > It is not at all ACT's intention to cover 100% of the
> > needs of the Ada market. We specialize in a particular
> > segment of the market, namely large scale users who want
> > to use GNAT, and need high level support.
> 
> Only innumerous small teams and projects create a mass market which is
> what lacks Ada. Not concentrating on the market for small projects and
> companies ist the right way to kill Ada.

No language ever dies. There are even people today who use SNOBOL.

GNAT provides a zero cost hobbyist solution. What is missing for small
projects that you can't get from another company or the open source world?  

-- Brian