Arm Development Suite version 1.2

ADS is licensed via FlexLM just buying the box from someone won't help as you you would still need a license cut by ARM which matches the host id of your machine.

-p

There are ways (legal in some countries) to finagle that, though. The real problem is administrative, not technical: ARM doesn't sell the software, it sells a nontransferable license to use the software.

I presume finger slipped in the spell checker?

I haven't been involved in buying one copy of the software but I can see that the price (last time I checked) is unjustified for (probably) the best compiler on the market for what is a relatively niche product.

It not really ARM's problem that you only want to use it once. You don't normally expect to go into a shop and be able to say "can I buy this as a discount because I only want to use it once".

If you really want to do this on the cheap you should look at the GCC compiler, but (a) IME you will get a significantly interior executable and (b) I'd wager you'll waste as much in man hours using it as you've saved on the cost of the ARM equivalent - it's not the most user friendly tool to use. (Obviously if looking for 100 seats this overhead can be worth the cost, but for one, I wouldn't bother)

tim