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From: wilber@sal-sun2.usc.edu (John Wilber)
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Subject: Re: Best C Compiler
Keywords: Compilers
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Date: 30 Mar 90 00:16:34 GMT
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In article <3317@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:

>*I* wouldn't do things the way Metaware does -- but that's hardly a
>reason to not buy a product from them.  (Tell me, if you suggested
>not buying software from a company that was vigorously, unambiguously
>Jewish, would the Bnai Brith Anti-Defamation League be called in to
>harrass you?)

Good point.  My only beef with buying from a religious company occurs
when they act in an unprofessional manner, such as previously described.
If it was Jewish literature that they were including in their product,
instead of Christian, I'd still have a problem with buying it, though.
I have no reservations about buying from a company that espouses a
certain religion, as long as they don't push it on me.  BTW, I think
WordPerfect is great software- their company is (almost) all Mormons.

If MW's compiler is as good as you describe, maybe someday I will buy it
and throw the included literature away.

>Clayton E. Cramer {pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer
>Politicians prefer unarmed peasants.  Ask the Lithuanians.

Or George Bush, with the new ban on "non-sporting" firearms proposed.

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