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  1. Xref: sparky comp.windows.open-look:3238 comp.lang.ada:2208
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman
  4. From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
  5. Subject: Re: GUI Builder for Ada
  6. Message-ID: <1992Jul27.182007.6433@seas.gwu.edu>
  7. Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu
  8. Organization: George Washington University
  9. References: <1992Jul8.181031.14115@mlb.semi.harris.com> <BDS.92Jul20083853@maui.linus.mitre.org> <1992Jul27.121511.23931@trantor.harris-atd.com>
  10. Distribution: usa
  11. Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:20:07 GMT
  12. Lines: 14
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Jul27.121511.23931@trantor.harris-atd.com> ccarpent@dpcs_gt1.ess.harris.com (Craig Carpenter) writes:
  15. >--
  16. >
  17. >BuilderXcessory will be releasing their Ada version in Sept. 92, supposed
  18. >to be about $9,000. (The C version is about $3200)
  19. >
  20. Ah, yes. The old "rip off the Ada users" problem again. Do these guys think
  21. nobody but deep-pockets defense companies could POSSIBLY be interested in
  22. Ada development? At least the compiler vendors can fall back on the (now
  23. lame) excuse that validation is expensive. How do these guys justify it?
  24.  
  25. Here we go again...
  26.  
  27. Mike Feldman
  28.