Nobody's complaining about the software being "free." I'm complaining about it being incompletely documented. People have got to realize that documentation is 95% of the work, which is why it doesn't get done, and the work isn't complete until the paperwork is done.
regards, Richard Erlacher ----- Original Message ----- From: "George M. Gallant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [Sdcc-user] documentation & open source generally > Dave, > > Be careful about giving out a free account. They are already complaining > about free > software. Who knows, your bits may be held hostage until you provide the > proper > documentation. > > George > > Dave McGuire wrote: >> On Sep 2, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Richard Erlacher wrote: >> >>> Further there's so much discussion of various ways and things-to- >>> install to >>> make Windows look like *nix. Is that necessary, and, if so, why? >>> >> ... >> >>> Why doesn't this stuff work with normal DOS commands? >>> >> >> You do realize that SDCC is UNIX software, right? If you want to >> run it on a platform other than that which it is intended to support, >> you might have to jump through a hoop or two. If that's difficult, >> find a UNIX box. If THAT is difficult, let me know and I'll give you >> an account on one of mine. >> >> -Dave >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Sdcc-user mailing list > Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
