Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!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 13:24:02 GMT References: <8905310246.AA00550@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> <16219@paris.ics.uci.edu> Sender: news@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu Reply-To: grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Lines: 18 In-reply-to: schmidt@ics.uci.edu's message of 31 May 89 07:17:15 GMT Several people pointed out that AUX doesn't charge extra for compilers -- I had assumed that they were like XENIX & some other UNIX machines where you had to buy a ``software development'' package to get a compiler. If it's not the case that FSF products compete directly with priced Apple products, then no, little effort should be put into maintaining Apple compatibility. However, on the same foot, should IBM products be support? They've engaged in dubious pricing practices in the past, although that's largely behind them now. And DEC has been suing anyone who builds BI-bus hardware and third-party disk and memory makers. What's the criteria to be used. -- Dirk Grunwald Univ. of Illinois grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu