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- From: pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis)
- Subject: IBM Ada Prices
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.222321.7280@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
- Distribution: comp.ada
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 22:23:21 GMT
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- In a previous message I "quoted" some prices for Ada compilers for AIX/6000s.
- The purpose was not to criticize the absolute prices, but to show that Ada
- compilers cost much more than other languages (typically by a factor of 4).
-
- I received the following message from IBM to clarify that different IBM
- processors have different prices; I quoted only the upper-end prices, which
- were representative, but might have left the wrong impression about how much
- one had to spend to buy an Ada compiler. The only thing I was trying to say
- was regardless of machine size, Ada cost much more.
-
- Rich Pattis
-
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-
- The prices of AIX/6000 compilers vary with the processor groups that
- they run on. The prices you appended were for the top-of-the-line model
- of the RISC System/6000 family. I urge you to post a clarification to
- avoid any misunderstanding.
-
- The AIX Ada/6000 compiler starts at US$3,820 for processor group D5.
- If it is a second license ordered by a customer, it starts at US$2,865
- for processor group D5.
-
- (IBM announced a price action a couple of weeks ago. The above prices are
- valid for shipments prior to December 31, 1992. See below for the
- revised prices for shipments from January 1, 1993.)
-
- With the price, you receive free maintenance and support for the product.
- Customers receive fixes and updates free.
-
- IBM also offers an educational allowance of 30% for Ada/6000.
- For members of the Higher Education Software Consortium (HESC),
- they can receive the Ada/6000 compiler free.
-
- Attached is a summary of the prices for the AIX/6000 compilers for
- shipments from January 1, 1993. Shipments prior to December 31, 1992
- can enjoy lower prices.
-
- Basic/First license
-
- Ada XL C++ AIX VS Cob XL Fortran XL Pascal
- ----- ------ ---------- ---------- ---------
- Commercial (US$)
-
- D5 4010 918 1140 684
- E5 8020 1835 2285 1595 1370
- F5 16040 3675 4580 3195 2745
- G5 32090 7350 9170 6390 5495
-
- GSA/Federal (US$)
-
- D5 2674 612 763 684
- E5 5348 1225 1526 1015 1370
- F5 10696 2450 3055 2030 2745
- G5 21399 4900 6114 4060 5495
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- Richard E. Pattis "Programming languages are like
- Department of Computer Science pizzas - they come in only "too"
- and Engineering sizes: too big and too small."
-