Re: harmful effects of gnu software II

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From: Mel Walker
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:29

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In article <1993Jan28.081921.867@klaava.Helsinki.FI>,
laakkone@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Laakkonen) wrote:
> 
> In <mwalker-270193172005@mwalker.npd.provo.novell.com> mwalker@novell.com (Mel Walker) writes:
> 
> >Sure you can demand it. Whether or not anybody listens.... of course, there
> >are no garuantees with GCC, either in this respect.
> 
> ... in practice it turns out that GNU people listen to these
> "demands" more readily.

In my experience many for-profit corporations listen to demands at least as
readily as GNU. Several of these respond to demands even more readily,
especially if the company is not a big, bloated one. Smaller companies that
have been around for a while generally seem to have good reactions to user
feedback that is sent to them. This, of course, is only my experience. It
could vary widely from other people's.

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