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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4509214aa8b1885b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Simon Wright Subject: Re: GNAT Support Costs Date: 2000/01/23 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 576556897 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 References: X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 948647338 nnrp-09:11560 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 Organization: At Home Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net Date: 2000-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Kirkbride writes: > I have recently made enquiries about using GNAT for a small project > (typically only 1 programmer) and was staggered to find out the > support costs. Really I was just after buying a product that I knew > I would get new releases for as and when they came out and feel like > I'm not just using a product for free. If you feel you _ought_ to pay for what you use, that's laudable. You might consider donating a suitable amount to the FSF? If you're worried about the availability of GNAT support at all, check out GNAT chat, people are helpful there. > Because ACT seem to assume the smallest project will involve 10 > programmers I am forced to have to consider another compiler. You have to check out what it is you're getting for your money, and for how long. If you get a single copy of a compiler for a certain amount, as against ACT support for 9 more people than you need at considerably more, what is the support you will get like? you might find you can only raise a few incidents per year, for example. And there may be ongoing charges for subsequent years, too. > I know Rational do an Ada95 compiler, not sure which platforms it > resides on. My preferred platform is Linux but it could also be > Compaq Tru64 Unix. Your preferred platforms are likely to limit you a bit. What's your target platform? > Does anyone have any recommendations of cheaper compilers that cater > for small projects? Aonix, perhaps?