From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 4 12:17: 5 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4373B37B401 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 12:17:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BB2F43ED4 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 12:17:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA12628; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:16:05 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030104131212.03837e10@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 13:16:03 -0700 To: Mike Jeays From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3E172EF3.9060704@rogers.com> References: <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <200212312041.gBVKfr183480@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030104112015.026a5530@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:58 AM 1/4/2003, Mike Jeays wrote: >GCC is a great gift to the world, No, it is not. It's an apple with a poison pill inside: Richard Stallman's vicious and destructive agenda. >and has made a huge difference to >the development of open-source software. Yes, it has. It has made most such software dependent upon a tool that is GPLed, which is a very bad thing. >It can't be all that mediocre >if it has destroyed the market for higher-quality compilers! Not true at all. People will put up with mediocrity if it's available at no cost. To the point where it drives out much better commercial products. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message