From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Dec Ditching Ada?
Date: 1996/09/12
Date: 1996-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.842505611@schonberg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 517p0s$6o1@news.nyu.edu
iRichard Kenner said
"One of the main advantages of free software is that continued support
for GNAT doesn't depend on whether or not ACT is around in the future.
If ACT goes away, or even if its customers become dissatisfied with
either the price or quality of support, somebody else can come in and
offer maintenance services since the source code is freely available."
And of course this works two ways. Since ACT does not own GNAT, we know
we do not have a captive market for support, as would be the case with
a proprietary product, which encourages us to work hard to provide high
quality support!
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-08-22 0:00 Dec Ditching Ada? Charlie Cole
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Douglas Rupp
1996-08-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Howard W. LUDWIG
1996-08-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Brian & Karen Bell
1996-08-22 0:00 ` James Squire
1996-08-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-26 0:00 ` James Squire
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Uri Raz
1996-09-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Use of the term "commercial" (was "Dec Ditching Ada?") Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Dec Ditching Ada? Richard Kenner
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Dennison
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Uri Raz
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-16 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1996-09-12 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1996-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Klaus Wyss
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
1996-08-25 0:00 ` Brendan Boulter
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-08-23 0:00 Alain Graziani
1996-08-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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