From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
Subject: Re: Newbie: Best Ada Compiler for MS Windows ?
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:49:09 -0400
Date: 2002-04-11T20:49:10+00:00 [thread overview]
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<tmoran@acm.org> wrote in message
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> It took a long time official Gnat to have this capability. How many
> people took advantage of that Freedom and fixed it in their version
> of Gnat themselves?
I suspect that most users of "free" software don't attempt to tinker with
the source code at all beyond possibly recompiling it. Something as large as
Gnat would require quite a bit of investment in learning curve and who
really wants to bother if they don't have to?
The only big advantage to "free" software is that should ACT go casters-up
or starts pricing themselves beyond reason, you can then make that
investment or possibly find another vendor to do it for you. For most of us
out here, I doubt this sort of thing keeps us up nights and the practical
difference between "free" and "proprietary" is more an academic exercise.
MDC
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Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com
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2002-04-04 12:10 Newbie: Best Ada Compiler for MS Windows ? D De Villiers
2002-04-04 17:23 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-04-05 8:51 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2002-04-05 9:54 ` Adam Tissa
2002-04-05 10:08 ` Adam Tissa
2002-04-06 11:03 ` D De Villiers
2002-04-05 8:02 ` John McCabe
2002-04-05 9:04 ` Jerry van Dijk
2002-04-05 16:48 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-06 11:09 ` D De Villiers
2002-04-08 8:40 ` John McCabe
2002-04-08 14:44 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-09 8:28 ` tmoran
2002-04-09 16:53 ` Pascal Obry
2002-04-10 4:08 ` Robert Dewar
2002-04-10 7:18 ` tmoran
2002-04-10 6:55 ` sk
2002-04-10 13:18 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-10 16:55 ` Stephen Leake
2002-04-10 17:48 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-11 13:42 ` Ted Dennison
2002-04-11 20:22 ` tmoran
2002-04-11 20:49 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2002-04-12 14:17 ` Ted Dennison
2002-04-11 19:58 ` sk
2002-04-12 0:01 ` tmoran
2002-04-12 1:03 ` sk
2002-04-14 1:57 ` S Campion
2002-04-15 17:24 ` Marin David Condic
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2002-04-05 16:30 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-05 22:53 ` Phillip Kin
2002-04-06 11:13 ` D De Villiers
2002-04-10 10:41 Gautier Write-only-address
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2002-04-10 11:08 ` sk
2002-04-10 12:38 Gautier Write-only-address
2002-04-10 17:29 ` tmoran
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