Re: Free UNIX for non-commerical use.

From: Peter da Silva (peter_at_abbnm.com)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:22:37 +0000 (UTC)

In article <3F251918.B861101C@ntlworld.com>,
Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 1) In the case of games manufacturers, they would indeed loose revenue
> if they allowed everyone to copy their games. I don't think this is so
> with UNIX operating systems and compilers. There are not than many
> home users going to pay more than $1000 on a compiler. They will
> likely use gcc instead and have to accept the poorer performance.

And write software that only compiles on GCC, so that the commercial
vendors own users end up having to install GCC just to build and run
open-source software.

GCC is a fine compiler, but it's becoming a monoculture for software
developers... it's almost like GCC and a collection of related tools
are turning into a "linux emulator" for UNIX systems. So... where the
cry used to be "all the world's a VAX", it's now "all the world's Red
Hat".

I guess that's OK, if you like a monoculture. 

-- 
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of London. I've watched kite-strings glitter in the sun at Hyde Park Gate.  All
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