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Subject: Re: What is wrong with Ada?
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AJAskey <AskeyAJ@gmail.com> writes:

>> What is the procedure for obtaining tools for other languages?
>> Can you obtain trial version of JUnit without filling out some form?
>> Can you obtain trial versions of any Microsoft product at all?
>>
>
> We downloaded Java for free with free Netbeans and Eclipse.  If we
> need a "tool" then we do need to go through the evaluation process.
> But the problem is that Ada is the "base" and not a "tool".  No one is
> going to pay for entry into a development language when others are
> free.  

Oh, I would. Only not 5 developer seats where I need 1 for maintenance
in the long run. Using Ada under those licensing schemes is a all or
nothing proposition: Either you really go for it, do large or many
projects in Ada with maintenance and all and perhaps more than one
developer -- or you don't, because you pay the entry cost anyway. But
there is no way to start slowly (say 1 small project a time) and after
the technology is proven (in your business / corporation) expand it,

> People will pay to enhance the tool.  But paying to evaluate
> something on a small scale for a year isn't going to happen on a
> regular basis.

Well -- it's not done with evaluating for a year: If during this year
you produce anything useful you probably would have to maintain it for
the next years. Something you need a working compiler for.

Regards -- Markus