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-Thread: 103376,d581a4c04b0d7daf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bcklog1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.megapath.net!news.megapath.net.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:15:45 -0500 From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: SAL, Auto_Text_IO release Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:16:30 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.32.209.38 X-Trace: sv3-EmZdA8lj91/bkZYzZd6u7RImsIjlOdO8o88EX/rFrtZCZ/7RgZeIe1Le0HIeB1kcbQJk9xRS1W6Gc+e!UJtEdpYGyKkUlnHxPlkG/Eqt+qTmnWV7O+sjl19bL8Sug3aHVsC9NLHpzOOGU5i7VvLW5kRVBOpt!waKCfPBebj5M4A== X-Complaints-To: abuse@megapath.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@megapath.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4941 Date: 2006-06-23T15:16:30-05:00 List-Id: "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:u3bdw6njw.fsf@acm.org... > > Stephen, I'm not discussing nature or size of my business on > > usenet. The point I made in another post was, that entry-costs of > > $15000 are quite a hindrance in bootstrapping any business in Ada > > software (development) _gradually_. > > Well, ok. I'm still in the dark. I can't imagine trying to start an > actual profit making business on less that $15k. But I guess that's > why I'm working for the government :). Probably. ;-) RR Software was started on an investment of $1500. Admittedly, that wasn't enough, but what did we know? That money was earmarked for advertising (else no one would know about our products). These days, I'd concentrate on the web (cheaper and as effective), but of course that wasn't possible in 1981-2. If you think a start-up business can afford $15K a year, I think you're really out of touch. Start-ups generally have little free money, and it is used for essentials: equipment, utilities, rent, marketing, and so on. The people are generally paid out of profits (thus "sweat equity", because the people rarely earn early on what they would in a typical job). If there are no profits, then there is no pay! So the cost of essentials is kept to a minimum. I doubt that many would invest $15K a year when there are many cheaper alternatives out there. Randy.