--- Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Donald wrote: > > > ... > > It is because it is part of GNU tool chain that > [GNU make] is popular. > > The complexity is part of GNUs embrace and extend > policy - they want to add > > features that aren't available in other tools so > that people will migrate > > to GNUMake and not go back. > > Don't they add features because the features are > useful? (Sure, it's > because they don't need to worry about compability, > but do you really > think they're trying to suck people in so they can't > go back?)
This is a Microsoft tactic, yes, because they stand to make money off of customer loyalty. But without the monetary gain, I seriously doubt this was the motivation of GNU bunch... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
