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: 103376,7684e927a2475d0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: can one build commercial applications with latest gnat and other licenses related questions... References: <449d2a28$0$11075$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> <449d5c03$0$11074$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> <6sbqsh6jv7.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <87Wng.5800$FQ1.910@attbi_s71> <2k8xninri5.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> From: M E Leypold Date: 30 Jun 2006 10:20:30 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.230.215 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1151655246 88.72.230.215 (30 Jun 2006 10:14:06 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5364 Date: 2006-06-30T10:20:30+02:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey R. Carter" writes: > M E Leypold wrote: > > That too. I stopped reading after "is 10% of the cost of an ACT" > > since 5000 is not 10% of 15000. > > Sorry, I remembered $1500 (which is 10% of $15000), but that's only Never mind. I should also have read you statement to the end. Lame excuse: It was late and I was already tired from bombing c.l.a with mails on licensing issues. > for the Windows version. The Linux version is unaccountably much > more. I guess they think people who use a free OS have more money > available for compilers. Oh certainly. May I add one thing (not as reproach on what you said, but rather continuing the free OS theme here): My skill set is primarily in unixish systems especially as far as the enviroment (available tools, shell, scripting) goes. In this ongoing discussion I got offered (more than once) compilers as subsitute which would only run on windows, have certain important libraries only for windows or are substantially more expensive on non windows platforms. But I hope one can understand that as a Unix animal I'm not looking for a windows compiler. The big advantage of Ada could be that it is really portable. I did sucessfully develop programs under Linux and just compiled them on windows. This is big plus. Or it could be. Because if you look at the compiler market, the choices become very restricted (or expensive) if one wants to compile on both platforms, develop primarily with Linux and wants more than the Ada standard library. Regards -- Markus