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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Language support for  flexible handling of system-detected
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Date: 27 Mar 2002 06:31:56 +0000
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Adam Tissa <verb_precedes_adjective@yahoo.com> writes:

> "Steve Doiel" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com> wrote:
> 
> >"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message
> >> > I would strongly suggest you contact sales@gnat.com to get the actual
> >> > cost of ACT support for GNAT.  "Six figures per seat" is inaccurate
> >> > almost to the point of libel.
> 
> Sorry,  I should have said that the minimum cost is six figures per
> year.
> 
> For NT:
> Minimum supported : 10 seats.
> Cost per seat per year : 12,000 US $
       ^^^^^^^^

This is the bug; the cost would have been 12,000 USD *for the 10 seats
altogether*. Which is still not cheap, but worth it (if you have a
support need, which if you have a real project you probably do).

> Total cost per year : 120,000 US $
> 
> For someone who just needs a license for one or two programmers, the
> effective cost is the cost for 10 seats.