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: 103376,4c2e8ba92f29718c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newshosting.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada open source Date: 16 Jun 2004 20:33:17 +0100 Organization: Pushface Sender: simon@smaug.pushface.org Message-ID: References: <1087312556.728924@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <8uEzc.28968$mz.7216@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> <8aKzc.29892$mz.3383@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1087414688 612 62.49.19.209 (16 Jun 2004 19:38:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:38:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1585 Date: 2004-06-16T20:33:17+01:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen writes: > Frank J. Lhota wrote: > > Because one of the biggest player in the Ada market, GNAT, is open source. > > For being Free Software, GNAT is one of the most commercial-style > products around. I'm pretty sure that people with ACT support > contracts get tiny but vital features added on request all the > time. I don't think GNAT is much of a target for security hackers > either. If ACT think a suggestion is cool it gets put on the list. No doubt you can pay extra to have other, less cool, things done for you! -- Simon Wright 100% Ada, no bugs.