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From: Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Why is OSS Commercial Software So Expensive?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:27:56 +0200
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:

>> OK, but if I want to buy licence for 2 seats with no support at all I can't
>
> Of course since AdaCore is selling support :)
>
> In your case use the GNAT/FSF version. There is no support.

... and no GUI toolkit. PC software recently tends towards having a
GUI. A trend that Ada programmers might want to follow.

-- 
Michael Bode