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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: GUI Builder for Ada
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.170954.13472@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Jul8.181031.14115@mlb.semi.harris.com> <BDS.92Jul20083853@maui.linus.mitre.org> <1992Jul27.121511.23931@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1992Jul27.182007.6433@seas.gwu.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:09:54 GMT
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- In <1992Jul27.182007.6433@seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul27.121511.23931@trantor.harris-atd.com> ccarpent@dpcs_gt1.ess.harris.com (Craig Carpenter) writes:
- >>--
- >>
- >>BuilderXcessory will be releasing their Ada version in Sept. 92, supposed
- >>to be about $9,000. (The C version is about $3200)
- >>
- >Ah, yes. The old "rip off the Ada users" problem again. Do these guys think
- >nobody but deep-pockets defense companies could POSSIBLY be interested in
- >Ada development? At least the compiler vendors can fall back on the (now
- >lame) excuse that validation is expensive. How do these guys justify it?
-
- Cost of the port and expected maintenance amortized over the expected
- number of sales?
-
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- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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