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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newspeer1.nac.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:45:55 -0600 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <0Kgqw.953330$_k.685364@fx16.iad> <199c826a-923e-497f-a8e2-9e732c8a5665@googlegroups.com> <87bnmetex4.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4ae7f0d5-d681-4be9-95bc-b5e789b3ad40@googlegroups.com> <87tx06rve6.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87lhlirpk0.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <79f3eff7-2b45-40ae-af94-fa9a17426d82@googlegroups.com> <87tx03rbr2.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: rrsoftware.com X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1420674356 23751 24.196.82.226 (7 Jan 2015 23:45:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 23:45:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:191769 Date: 2015-01-07T17:45:55-06:00 List-Id: "Hubert" wrote in message news:pq0rw.976861$JH1.101473@fx08.iad... ... > I really wish Adacore would offer a license for small businesses that was > more affordable. I think that would lure more people in than a completely > free version. People have been asking AdaCore that since the beginning of GNAT, and they have said that it doesn't make econonmic sense. The experience of Aonix/ObjectAda and RRS/Janus/Ada also suggest that. Plus, there was such a version of GNAT in the late 1990s (I think) created by a third-party company, and it didn't work, either. I have to agree with David that there is no low-cost compiler market anymore. The only market (apparently) is for high-quality support, and that by its nature is very expensive (because its manpower-dependent). Even a small business license would need some sort of support and guarantees (else why pay for it?), and it's hard to make that come out. RRS has always lost money on its support contracts (they really should cost 5 times as much as they do). But are small businesses going to fork over $2000 per year? Randy.