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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.109.57.200.81.mobile.3.dk!not-for-mail From: Jacob Sparre Andersen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to get Ada to ?cross the chasm?? Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 19:13:59 +0200 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: <87muxnuuco.fsf@jacob-sparre.dk> References: <1c73f159-eae4-4ae7-a348-03964b007197@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="109.57.200.81.mobile.3.dk:109.57.200.81"; logging-data="15942"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YZXp6W8eG3lU5MwRW4PpdrOAitw= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51759 Date: 2018-04-28T19:13:59+02:00 List-Id: Randy Brukardt wrote: > Or you could just pay for a compiler rather than assuming some sort of > free lunch. There's many of them available (see PTC, RRS, Irvine, > etc., or even AdaCore). Is $195 really too much money? 195 USD is not too much money. But having to use Microsoft Windows is too much of an overhead for me. Could RR Software make a crowd-funding/pre-pay deal on a Linux version of Janus/Ada? How many licenses would you need to sell, to be ready to commit to deliver a Linux version of Janus/Ada? Greetings, Jacob -- "The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!"