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In article <442@adiron.UUCP>, richf@adiron.UUCP (Rick Fanta) writes:

> 
> GNU abhors (as do I) the evil empire of software hoarders (Apple, uSoft, etc...), and thus
> will not develop versions of the various compilers, etc. for them.  Yet several gnu 
> products emacs, gcc, and g++ are already ported/being ported to VMS.  It seems to me that
> the best way to conquer an enemy is from within.  If ports were made to MS-DOS, (and maybe
> even the Mac, gasp!) that GNU products would gain nearly instant wide-spread acceptance and
> hurt the evil empire at their most vulnerable point - THEIR POCKETBOOKS!!!

Great idea!

Us poor users of PCs and Macs would love to see this sort of thing, after 
all, aren't we the largest group of computer users in the world?

If the FSF is to get more support (if it wants it, which I realize it may 
not) then this would be good.

Of course, Apple etc have large pocketbooks with which to support long 
lawsuits; what's more they could probably appeal to the govt on the basis 
that destroying their profit base of software would kill them as 
internationally competitive high-tech companies.
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Phil Ryan                                         
ANU Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics 
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