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From: Luther Bogart <playitagain@morocco.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 07:58:06 +0000 (UTC)
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Date: 2014-11-13T07:58:06+00:00
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On 2014-11-13, Luther Bogart <playitagain@morocco.com> wrote:
> On 2014-11-13, Hubert <herrdoktor@fumanchu.com> wrote:

>> Let's face it: Gnat is the only compiler out there that has any chance 
>> of making it to mainstream market. I contacted the other two vendors of 
>> Ada compilers (forgot the names, I refer to them internally as the green 
>> and the silver/blue website). they dont have prices on their sites, have 
>> cool pics of fighter jets and only support up to Ada 95. I wanted to ask 
>> for prices, evaluation version and I didn't even get a response, so I 
>> guess unless you have "IBM" or "Pentagon" in your email domain, they 
>> don't even read your email.
>

I meant to write

Anyway I don't agree with you that GNAT "is the only compiler out there
that has any chance of making it to the mainstream market" since there
already 4 or 5 significant players in that business space.

Obviously GNAT made it already ;-) They are just not motivated to sell
licenses to hobbyists or small startup-type development ventures.

Luther