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   Date: 3 Sep 92 16:25:39 GMT
   Organization: Computer Science Dept. - University of Exeter. UK
   From: gordon@dcs.ex.ac.uk (Gordon Watson)
   Sender: help-gcc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
   Subject: How to get gcc on HPUX and AIX?
   
   We are considering buying an HP or IBM Unix box (yes,
   I'm been told they are not nice but I'm also told
   they are fast). We would like to save $$$ by using
   gcc. How would we install it without a compiler?
   Find a kind soul who would allow us to ftp their
   binaries?
   
   Thanks,
   
   Gordon
   --
   Gordon Watson
    Systems Administrator
     Department of Computer Science
      University of Exeter

I'm all for saving money, but the question is: to what purpose?  Are
you saving money so you can buy proprietary software?  Or are you
saving money because you don't have any?  If you don't have any money,
then I presume the HP's and IBM's are gifts--a typical state of
affairs for Universities.  In that case, these companies should grant
you licenses as well.

If you are saving money so you can afford to pay students and staff to
develop and enhance free software, I'll send you a copy of our
software development tools that runs on IBM RS/6000 (we don't have
binaries for HP yet).  Please be sure to tell me what projects you
will be working on, so I can see how we can benefit by benefitting
you.

The support and development of free software costs money.  Cygnus
Support is currently spending millions of dollars per year on
supporting and enhancing GNU C, G++, GDB, and other GNU software.
While we benefit tremendously from the cooperation of users around the
world, we are screwed when users choose to spend money on competitors'
products simply because they can get copies of our software without
paying money.  The Free Software Foundation is in a similar position.
Please consider this fact when you make your purchasing decisions.

You get what you pay for: if you want freely redistributable software
to get better, you are better off paying for it.

Michael