What is the relationship between GCC and Cygnus / Red Hat?

[Joe Buck]

On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 05:05:07PM +0200, Michael Matz wrote:
> I think also it should be removed.  Certainly mentioning that Red Hat
> provides resources in that paragraph is bogus, as others do that too.
> I.e. it singles out Red Hat on the positive and negative side, and I too
> can't see the value in that paragraph anymore (if I ever had).

Agreed; the purpose was historical (it was widely alleged in the egcs days
that egcs was a plot by Cygnus to take over gcc).

Best action is to just drop the question, since it is no longer frequently
asked.