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- From: magnus@brisk.ii.uib.no (Magnus Y Alvestad)
- Subject: Re: harmful effects of gnu software II
- In-Reply-To: sl1yn@millville.declab.usu.edu's message of 26 Jan 93 16:01:43 MDT
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 02:16:27 GMT
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- >>>>> On 26 Jan 93 16:01:43 MDT, sl1yn@millville.declab.usu.edu
- >>>>> (869483 Denys Larry) said:
-
- >> Perhaps you can apply some of that ivory tower knowledge
- >> and answer the real question that runs through this thread:
- >> Just how much better than GCC would a compiler have to be
- >> in order for people to pay, say, $100 for it? Would enough
- >> people buy it to justify development costs.
-
- No. Those people that are planning to make money from making just
- another compiler will have to give it up. Hell, there must be
- thousands of programmers out there that can only make compilers.
- They'll starve and die! No wait! They can make compilers for Macs!
- Because that horrible plague GPL (General Plague Lisence) hasn't
- infected those, thanks to Apple.
-
- -Magnus
-