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Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD"
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Brett Glass wrote:

[snip]

> 
> The fact that GCC does not have BSD-licensed competition is one
> of the main reasons that there are few decent alternatives left
> for non-Microsoft platforms. Borland seemed like a hopeful
> possibility, but now they are GIVING THEIR COMPILER AWAY under
> pressure from GCC users who claim that they'll scorn it
> otherwise.
> 

This is incorrect. It does have such competition. Just scarely nobody
bothers to actually develop it...

[snip]

> 
> --Brett
> 



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