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Re: GCC 4.4.0 Status Report (2009-03-13)
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Chris Lattner <clattner at apple dot com>, Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>, Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot com, bonzini at gnu dot org, dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com, dberlin at dberlin dot org, dje dot gcc at gmail dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, mark at codesourcery dot com, rguenther at suse dot de
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:22:34 +0000
- Subject: Re: GCC 4.4.0 Status Report (2009-03-13)
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Jeff Law wrote:
> The first camp sees FOSS toolkits as a means to help them sell more
> widgets, typically processors & embedded development kits. Their belief
> is that a FOSS toolkit helps build a developer eco-system around their
> widget, which in turn spurs development of consumable devices which
> drive processor & embedded kit sales. The key for these guys is free,
> as in beer, widely available tools. The fact that the compiler &
> assorted utilities are open-source is largely irrelevant.
That depends! The fact that the toolchain is open-source means we can
maintain and bugfix our releases and provide feature enhancements to better
support our customers. If we bought in a proprietary closed compiler we'd be
critically dependent on the quality of the supplier's support in order to
ensure the growth of that eco-system, an externality we might well want to
avoid predicating our success upon.
cheers,
DaveK