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- From: beidler@guinness.cs.uofs.edu (Jack Beidler)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
- Subject: Re: Help me with Educational Use for Ada on Sparcs
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- Date: 6 Nov 92 02:26:33 GMT
- References: <1992Oct28.001306.21569@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Oct28.001306.21569@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis) writes:
- |> Is there anyone out there that works for SUN and is interested in Ada for
- |> educational use? I could use some help.
- |>
- |> I was contacted by an instructor at a small school who doesn't have great net
- |> access, and wants to teach Ada in CS1/CS2 using Sparcs. According to him, SUN
- |> will sell him the Ada compilers for about $1K per machine (he has 6-12) but
- |> that Ada is not considered an "Educational Product" so support costs an
- |> additional $1.6K per machine, which prices it out of his range.
- |>
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- Tell him/her to contact Verdix and/or Meridian. It has been our experience
- that they are willing to talk about site licensing for a lot less than
- $1K per machine per year.
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