🚀 go-pugleaf

shebs@Apple.COM (Stan Shebs) writes:
> I suspected something like this for quite a while - the Apple boycott was
> prompted more by convenience than by principle.  Not too many Unix users on
> Macs, difficulty porting to A/UX, Macs generally underpowered to run Gnu
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> software well, Apple visible enough to make it look like the boycott is
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> some big-time sacrifice.

Interesting confession, considering the fact that the Atari ST is considered
powerful enough to run GNU software. It successfully runs Emacs, gcc, and (I
gather) g++.

>                          The FSF has saved itself a lot of time and trouble
> by boycotting Apple.

What sort of trouble do you mean?  Porting and bug-fixing is generally done
by individual volunteers; at least, that's the way it works with the ST
versions of the GNU programs. I don't imagine the FSF itself being overly
burdened by simply distributing the programs, providing manuals, and
coordinating the versions. Have I misunderstood what the FSF actually
undertakes to do?  I thought the whole point was that if you wanted support,
you bought it from a third party.


mathew

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