Vulis wrote:
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Vulis wrote:
It would be very foolish to touch any shit that comes out of Cygnus. Why? (specifically, I am about to try using a GCC port to WinNT, and I would like to know _why_ you think their work is shit).
First, because it's King John "Lackbrain" Gilmore's company. :-)
That doesn't say anything about the quality of their work.
Second, because they hire unqualified people (rather, people whose qualifications have nothing to do with the job) and they've already fucked up every project they've ever touched.
Given your statements about Gilmore, can you provide any specifics about individuals lack of competence in a given area?
Third, because they steal from the people who originally developed the free software by charging money for the non-existent "support".
How is this "stealing"? The GNU license explicitly (IIRC) allows this, and it doesn't take anything _away_ from the developer. I don't see how it is stealing.
I'm quite happy with MS VC++ for NT. I doubt that Cygnus can do a good job
Where can I download MS VC++ (Microsoft, now there is a company with a marvelous reputation for sterling products.) for the cost of my Internet connection?
porting gcc to NT. People much better than the assholes at Cygnus have not done a great job porting gcc to OS/2. If I want gcc, I just run it on the Linux box, or a Sun box.
I already use Linux, and I need to learn NT, so I would like to have a compiler, and I can't afford one. It would be nice to be able to learn one compiler that works under both platforms. I don't do enough programming to be able to justify MS VC++, and I don't have piles of cash hanging around waiting for me to throw them at Satan.
Fuck Cygnus.
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