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Xref: sserve comp.unix.misc:10650 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5230 comp.unix.bsd:13170 comp.windows.x.i386unix:6022 biz.sco.general:9652 Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix,biz.sco.general Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!basser.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!kf8nh.wariat.org!bsa From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) Subject: Re: SCO market share References: <1993Dec15.015758.17502@news.csuohio.edu> <9312160932.aa05151@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk> <WAYNE.93Dec17083053@backbone.uucp> <9312210930.aa08217@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk> Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 02:16:25 GMT Message-ID: <1993Dec22.021625.22831@kf8nh.wariat.org> Lines: 23 In article <9312210930.aa08217@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk>, nigel@stonewall.demon.co.uk (Nigel Whitfield) says: +--------------- | In article <WAYNE.93Dec17083053@backbone.uucp> tssi.com!backbone!wayne writes: | >You would also be crazy to just | >write off gcc, Linux, or perl just because it is "free" software. You | >need to try these systems and *see* if the work well for you. | | But I'm not writing them off. I use a lot of free software at home, | and there are small amounts in the office. But not on critical | systems. Only when there's a lot more experience available and a | reasonable way that we can evaluate things. +--------------- ...after watching both cc and rcc under SCO 3.2.2 really botch up generated code, I've been using gcc exclusively. I haven't tested either under 3.2.4 to see if they can be trusted for critical applications yet. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org "MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development." ---dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca Do not taunt Happy Fun Coder. (seen on the Net...)