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From: grefen@wilbur.uni-mainz.de (Stefan Grefen)
Subject: Re: Restrictions on free UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
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Sender: grefen@wilbur (Stefan Grefen)
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Organization: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
References: <PHR.92Aug15214245@soda.berkeley.edu> <YSDIBS4@taronga.com> <9208162341.30@rmkhome.UUCP> <1992Aug17.225116.20533@panix.com> <9208181753.32@rmkhome.UUCP> <1992Aug25.062100.15187@nntp.hut.fi> <9208251653.26@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 07:40:58 GMT
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In article <9208251653.26@rmkhome.UUCP>, rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
|> In article <1992Aug25.062100.15187@nntp.hut.fi> jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:
[ save bandwitdh ]
|> >
|> >Hmm - I think I've heard that Commodore(-Amiga) uses gcc to compile
|> >their **ix OS and Lotus (yep, of the 1-2-3 and lawsuit fame) uses gcc
|> >to compile their products.  And then there's DG which ships gcc as the
|> >native compiler.
|> 
|> 
|> It would be a strange to build SVR4 with gcc.  Commodore probably started
|> out with a Motorola development system running SVR4, and a big pile of
|> sources.  They would have then hacked and cross-compiled a development
|> environment that would run on the Amiga 2500 and 3000.
Atari has done it. Their SYSVR4 comes with only gcc (and g++).
They were not very happy with the AT&T Sources, they told me :-)
|> -- 
|> 
|> Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	unixland!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP

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