On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 04:36:51PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:

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>     I know of at least four companies I've worked with/for that *rely* on

>     gcc and that would switch to Linux/BSD if gcc was not available on Windows.

>

> I am surprised by this statement, because in general I don't expect

> that very many users would switch to a different operating system just

> to use GCC.  Nonetheless, I would be interested in talking with them

> to see what they say about this.

I have various books and known various consultants that say, more or

less, that you should pick the application you need first, and then buy

the computer system that runs it second. These books are not new, but

the idea is as true as it ever was.
To people who view computers solely as tools (almost all management),

providing GCC for Windows enabled and encourages the use of Windows when

GCC is the tool they need. Enables and encourages, not in some

hypothetical sense, but in fact.
Compare this with OpenBSD's ports tree pointing to some non-free

software. First, nobody here thinks that's wrong. You do, yet are fine

with making people cozy in Windows.
Whatever your ideals or beliefs, this just seems like major suckage on

your end. Can't you find a better way to pursue your ideology? To quote

a common saying on the net these days: "You're doing it WRONG!"
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