enough! (was Re: Intel+Cygnus+Optimized Compilers)

[Alfred Perlstein <bright at cygnus dot rush dot net>]

On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> At 03:39 PM 2/25/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >I'm not sure if this is the right list to ask this, but
> >with the recent announcment that Intel and Cygnus will be
> >working on a optimized compiler for PII chips, will these 
> >optimizations be available through egcs or will we have to
> >purchase GNUPro?
> 
> Purchase? PURCHASE? Purchase GNU software??????? WTF???

For someone that complains about excessive email you sure post a lot
of clueless tripe.  Can't you just lurk and learn instead of posting
like some AOL mouth breather?

> -- 
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> -()  <  circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a
>    `*'  straight line."    -------------------------------------------------
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> _____________________ ____|________     Paul Derbyshire     pderbysh@usa.net
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> 

Don't make me warlord you.  cut the sig down to something smaller or
at least intesting, figures you'd be an ICQ user... *grumble*

-Alfred

btw, GNUPro seems to me to be a purchase agreement for the SUPPORT of
said software, ie. comapany contacts, media updates  and such.  Since 
cygnus's software is under anoncvs it'd be hard to charge for.