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From: madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: FSF Hypocrisy
Message-ID: <32147@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 2 Jun 89 01:40:23 GMT
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Reply-To: madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost)
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In article <32029@bu-cs.BU.EDU> gjc@bu-cs.BU.EDU (George J. Carrette) writes:
|By the way, in reply to RMS's concern about lack of response to Apple's folly,
|don't worry, AUX is a dead issue. No rational buyer would purchase a machine
|to run AUX on over a Sparcstation or other similar options. So why worry about
|it?

Have you priced a Mac IIcx against a Sun Sparcstation recently?  The
Sun is faster, but it isn't cheaper.  That alone is why a rational
buyer might pick Apple, although s/he drools over the Sun.

About the A/UX port of GCC:

I understand FSF's standpoint on Apple, and even agree with it to a
point.  The point I draw the line at is the one where censorship is
drawn; just because you think Apple is a scum-of-the-earth company is
no reason to censor people.  Censorship isn't going to solve the
problem, and in fact may exaggerate it by alienating those (like
myself) who basically agree that Apple's lawsuits are rather
counterproductive (if not downright silly).

You don't like Apple?  Don't support their products.  Tell people you
don't support them.  You've done that in the past, no problem there.
Someone comes out with a port of a FSF product, publicly announce you
won't support it.  But don't censor the person for his efforts --
they're in the same spirit as yours, they just don't follow your
politics.

jim frost
madd@bu-it.bu.edu