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From: Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>
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Subject: Re: An Ada Advice Inquiry
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 14:30:11 +0200
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Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:

> Enough people have expressed they could live with a next
> to no support Ada solution. This matches the typical
> Java, C#, or Python case.

Exactly my point. And this doesn't have to be a 0� solution,
IMHO. Just a version at a less-than-astronomical price with
less-than-stellar support. Just like all the other kids get.

> A way out for Ada small shops might be to get organized 
> and join efforts to become selectable for Ada vendors
> on some suitable terms. Not sure if any of the vendors will
> like the idea.

I doubt it.

> Would we have Java used everywhere if SUN charged the same
> sums from everyone that larger Ada customers can pay?

No way.

-- 
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law. 
He simply follows the eleventh commandment.
-- R.A. Heinlein