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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e7151167e0767ecc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!a6202946!not-for-mail From: Jeffrey Carter Organization: jrcarter commercial-at acm [period | full stop] org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 MSIE X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development References: <8429999a.0408231027.2850e800@posting.google.com> <6530a40c.0408240309.36f53e75@posting.google.com> <8429999a.0408241225.144c0066@posting.google.com> <19b0e504.0408251305.73ed26c8@posting.google.com> <87brgxkbol.fsf@insalien.org> <19b0e504.0408280957.5e266d7@posting.google.com> <877jrjhzx4.fsf@insalien.org> <19b0e504.0408300906.15164bf3@posting.google.com> In-Reply-To: <19b0e504.0408300906.15164bf3@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:55:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.105.71 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net 1093892114 63.184.105.71 (Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:55:14 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:55:14 PDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3178 Date: 2004-08-30T18:55:14+00:00 List-Id: Dan McLeran wrote: > MS .Net and Borland tools and support contracts are not free. > From my own research, they don't charge as much as ACT. Sure, but you have to consider 1. What you get. My experience with ACT support was very positive; with Borland, less so. 2. The total cost. ACT only charges for support; MS & Borland also charge for the software. -- Jeff Carter "Now look, Col. Batguano, if that really is your name." Dr. Strangelove 31