Mark Mielke <m...@mark.mielke.cc> writes: > This presumes that NeXT would not have discovered the value of free > software and done the right thing eventually anyways. I think anybody > who truly believes in free software should believe in it for practical > reasons. It's not just a religion - it's the right way to do > business. Business can understand dollars, and free software can be > demonstrated to provide value in terms of $$$. > > I think anybody who truly believes in the *merit* of free software, > should be approaching companies who do not understand the merit with a > business plan, not a class action law suit. > > Of course, if you don't believe in the *merit* of free software, and > just think it's something cool to screw around with and force ideas > down other people's throats -- Feel free to pursue the class action > law suit approach, or consolidate ownership with the FSF and make it a > straight forward law suit instead. > > Cheers, > mark > > P.S. Objective C in particular has a sour taste in my mouth, as it > seems to be a key component to Apple's vendor lock in strategy. If you > can't lock people in through closed source - just choose a barely used > open source project extension to base the entire front end of your > software on and cross your fingers the rest of the world won't bother > to catch up any time soon because it is simply too much effort.
This subthread no longer has anything to do with gcc. Ian
