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Article #75540Set me straight: WHY NOT PORT TO MS-DOS???
From: Rick Fanta
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 1990 17:19
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 1990 17:19
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Please set me straight on this one... 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!!! Any comments, flames, etc. would be most appreciated. Maybe even a word from "the haloed one" (rms)??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rick Fanta PAR Technologies, New Hartford, NY A thought, mainly to do with how employers treat their "subjects": "If you want your logs to burn for you, don't piss on them!" - me
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,41c9083161a01021,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-07-12 10:19:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!adiron!richf From: richf@adiron.UUCP (Rick Fanta) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Set me straight: WHY NOT PORT TO MS-DOS??? Keywords: ms-dos, ports, gnu Message-ID: <442@adiron.UUCP> Date: 12 Jul 90 17:19:21 GMT Distribution: gnu Organization: PAR Technology, New Hartford, NY Lines: 17 Posted: Thu Jul 12 18:19:21 1990