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: 103376,2acf1f37f6bdc5f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!carbon.eu.sun.com!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Dowie Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Licences Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:54:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: <1129303351.767662.191580@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <80733$434fd8b0$49951a4$23477@ALLTEL.NET> <1129369145.676257.240480@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host86-131-222-95.range86-131.btcentralplus.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com 1129370095 19493 86.131.222.95 (15 Oct 2005 09:54:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:54:55 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <1129369145.676257.240480@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5688 Date: 2005-10-15T09:54:55+00:00 List-Id: Steve Whalen wrote: > No longer having a reliable + > free + up to date + easy to install Ada compiler makes "Ada > proselytizing" much harder (I don't consider having to compile your own > compiler and libraries from CVS as being "easy to install"). I would have thought that this was an ideal opportunity for an Aonix or an RRS to step in with a personal $0-zero support version of their compiler. Aonix do have one but the restrictions it imposes are so large that you can't develop anything of any note on it. RRS do ship a low-cost compiler but when you can get a free C/Delphi/C++/Java compiler, it is hard to justify even that small amount - and a lot of student simply can't even afford <$100 - especially when there is a new iPodWhatever every 6 months! ;-) Surely, a $0 compiler, that could be used outside of the GPL, would open the Ada world up to many more people and that in turn would create demand for paid-for products and/or support? Cheers -- Martin