Re: GCC 4.4.0 Status Report (2009-03-13)

[Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>]

Steven Bosscher wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> wrote:
>   
> > > > I think you're wrong.  Many of these players are large companies (such
> > > > as IBM and now, RedHat).  Putting them in the position of having to
> > > > "reject" the official FSF contribution is awkward for them.
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > I'm sorry, but I don't see it that way.
> > >
> > >       
> > Having been on the front lines on this issue in the past, I can say our
> > customers certainly cared about it and therefore we (Cygnus, now Red Hat)
> > care about it.
> >     
>
> Perhaps it was true more 12 years ago than today.  The whole idea of
> FOSS is probably better understood than 12 years ago.  At least,
> projects like Linux and LLVM attract contributions from large
> companies without involvement of the FSF.
>
>   
These companies really don't care about FOSS in the same way GCC 
developers do.   I'd be highly confident that this would still be a 
serious issue for the majority of the companies I've interacted with 
through the years.

jeff