[Info-vax] Ada on VMS, was: Re: Free Pascal for VMS ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/21/2018 9:28 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> And let us not forget all of those companies taking the "free" software then selling support contracts for it.
> 
> Nobody stops to ask "If you didn't write it, just how well can you support it?"

They have access to the source code.

They hopefully have people with the right skills.

If they don't then they will not survive.

Support of open source has little barrier to entry, so it is a
rather competitive market.

That keeps prices down and quality up for support.

Arne