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From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:59:17 +0100
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On 13.11.14 09:03, Pete Ballmer wrote:
> It's just another smarter form of vendor
> lock-in and it's hard to understand why people accept this.

And BTW, this is how Ada started! Someone did no longer want
to accept his organization being locked-in to over 400 vendors.

History repeating?