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Subject: Re: Freeware and the collapse of capitalism
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From: scott@texnext.gac.edu (Scott Hess)
Date: 2 Apr 91 10:54:35
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In article <12573@pt.cs.cmu.edu> ddj@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio) writes:
   In article <4754@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> usenet@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mr. Usenet News Manager) writes:
   > If you ask the GNU folks how to use gcc with someone else's product,
   > you generally get a response on the order of "We don't like
   > propriatary software, so please don't use our products with XXXXXX.
   > Use YYYYY instead."

   Sure.  Now have your company get a support contract with Cygnus or any
   of the other entities that provide support for a fee for FSF software,
   and see what *they* say.

Or ask NeXT.  After all, it's their compiler (no matter _where_ it came
from originally).  They've made many modifications to it, including mods
to generate Mach-O and the like.  There's no reason they can't support it,
and they do.  Most people, when they can't get something to compile on
the NeXT, ask about that on comp.sys.next, or they ask NeXT tech support.
Which is as it should be.

Later,
--
scott hess                      scott@gac.edu
Independent NeXT Developer	GAC Undergrad
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