Re: gnu manifesto

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From: Paul Hudson
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1989 10:59

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In article <67@euteal.ele.tue.nl> mart@ele.tue.nl (Mart van Stiphout) writes:

   In article <212@cat.Fulcrum.BT.CO.UK> igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:
   >Who is this man?  What's his problem?  Why do NeXT use gcc?
   >And other questions?

   Yes I agree, why should you write a new compiler if you can get one for free.
   But if you happen to have a good well supported compiler,
   why should you spent your valuable time to port and maintain gcc??

You don't have to. What is your problem? If you don't wish to use the
GNU software - don't.

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Subject: Re: gnu manifesto
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