by llothar <llothar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 7, 2008 at 08:26 PM
On 8 Apr., 03:05, Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh.plus-
bug.bauh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> llothar wrote:
> > And that we now only have one serious compiler (...) which is
> > extremely expensive is not making it easier.
>
> AFAICT, it is priced just like any complete language toolset
> that comes with a support contract.
Well i don't want a support contract. And if i develop for three or
four systems
i don't want to purchase an IDE and support contract for four systems.
Just the
compiler for 3 of them an one IDE.
And the times where you can take 5000$ for a compiler are ower. You
can but if
you do you have a total niche. And thats where Eiffel is now.
Open your eyes man. This is not a speculative argument, i describe
reality.
> > Yes they have a GPL version but that does not help.
> > If you want a user base you also need a free for commerical compiler.
>
> Do you mean, an Eiffel tools user base with necessraily smaller
> scale business plans?
Smaller business plans or just a secondary solution for smaller
inhouse stuff
and simple tools. Even larger companies have such requirements. And
with this
price tag you have to walk through one or two controller offices to
get it approved.
Without a larger community Eiffel has a hard time as libraries are
today much more
important then a nice language. Like it or not but that is the fact.
Open your eyes man. Unbelievable that there are still people out there
that are
impossible to do a post mortem analysis.
