Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!uxc!garcon!garcon.cso.uiuc.edu!grunwald From: grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (Dirk Grunwald) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc Subject: Re: info-gcc is not a common carrier Message-ID: Date: 31 May 89 05:04:43 GMT References: <8905310246.AA00550@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu Reply-To: grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Lines: 20 In-reply-to: rms@AI.MIT.EDU's message of 31 May 89 02:46:22 GMT I think that the efforts of FSF would be best served by supporting the AUX version of gcc. My reasoning is that e.g., a (good) C compiler on Apple would cost the equivilent apple compiler a significant market share; this hits a company like apple where it does the most -- in the wallet. Similarly, any FSF sets of tools which replace commerical apple functionality should be encouraged. Thus, using gcc to produce a good version of the X server for an Apple would be inline with that. However, this could make the apple more appealing to users; personally, I doubt it, since it's very over-priced. People wouldn't be buying an Apple because FSF tools worked on it, but they would use them & not buy the equivilent Apple tools. -- Dirk Grunwald Univ. of Illinois grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu