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In article <1991Oct7.134056.17739@turing.ac.uk> mick@quoich.turing.ac.uk (Mick Buckley) writes:
>
>We have a problem trying to convince an industrial partner
>that the GNU C++ compiler, g++, is `safe' to install at their
>site. It is not completely clear what they are afraid of, but
>the usual suspects are GNU's free-ness (perceived virus risk) allied to
>its no-warranty status.

Virtually ALL software produced in this country is sold WITHOUT
warranty; I suspect this is true elsewhere.  Tell your partners to read
some of the license agreements they have bought into.  A warranty
protects you from product failure and improper design; commercial
software support does no such thing.

In fact, an organization which produces quality software because of
their interest in doing so is much more likely to strive for higher
quality goals and to fix design problems than corporations which are
concerned with maximizing profitability and/or market share.

I'm sure these people can find rational reasons for avoiding free
software that they are averse to, but they should know that the above
are not such reasons.

Bob
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Bob Weiner				   rsw@cs.brown.edu
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