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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:35799 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1947 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!proteus!vedge!hendrik From: hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Message-ID: <1993Apr22.145028.28863@vedge.com> Date: 22 Apr 93 14:50:28 GMT References: <1993Apr19.211953.66479@cc.usu.edu> Organization: Visual Edge Software Ltd. Lines: 15 slhpv@cc.usu.edu writes: : compilers, lib's, and windowing wigits. I'm sure many companies would : use GCC, etc. if the GPL wasn't so viral. Some companies DO distribute gcc with their systems. I presume they also distribute source code and/or have a specisl licence from GNU or the authors. They are quite up-front that they use gcc. Their cc man page explains that cc just calls gcc from the FSF. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Try one or more of the following addresses to reply. at work: hendrik@vedge.com, iros1!vedge!hendrik at home: uunet!ozrout!topoi!hendrik