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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-16 06:23:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!129.240.148.23!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if... Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:23:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3d5ce7f0.12192351@news.demon.co.uk> <3d5cfa8e.16958234@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1029504194 14800 129.241.83.82 (16 Aug 2002 13:23:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:23:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28100 Date: 2002-08-16T13:23:14+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:17:31 GMT, John McCabe wrote: > > Oh yes! That's right. But where can you buy e.g. GNAT (public) on a CD > in a box with a printed manual? Hmm, perhaps I should make a small company ;-) > If you go to your [large] company's accountat and say "there you go, > I've spent $1000 on software" and they say, "well, where is it?" and > you say "it's a file on my PC" what do you think they're going to say > to that? Well if you download GNAT (Public) or some other program then you say "I've spent $0 on software" and the accountant will smile from ear to ear and get big dewy dollar symbols in his eyes whilst drooling. ;-) If one is expected to pay for the program, then of course I also would like to have a printed manual and a CD-ROM. Unless it is support you pay for. Preben Randhol