> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of David Brown > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 2:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [avr-chat] Can't Install avr-gcc in FreeBSD > > Bob Paddock wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:24:11 -0400, David Brown > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> Chris "open source is only used by hobbyists and other > irrelevant poor > >> people" Hills > > > > I have the "latests and greatest", all paid for, version of IAR for > > the AVR right here. I've yet to take it out of the envelope > > and load it up. The last time I "upgraded", their install process > > ate all the files on my hard disk. I use GCC because the support > > has been magnitudes better that paid support I've every > received from IAR. > > > > The one real GCC bug that I found an reported was fixed > within a couple > > of days. It feels like it takes that long with IAR just to prove > > to them that I have a legitimate copy. A real problem with > IAR resulted > > in "we'll fix it in the next release" several months away. > > > > I was also contacted by IAR 'support' three times saying "I thought > > you where going to order the upgrade?", long after the upgrade > > I ordered had arrived. > > > > You don't need to convince me - I've seen plenty of horror stories of > this type, both myself and with my customers (although not > with IAR - I > have never bought a compiler from them).
It was my own frustrations with IAR that caused me to get involved in GCC and start WinAVR in the first place. [Note to Bob Paddock: For some weird reason, I'm still not seeing your emails, even through the avr-chat list. :-/ ] Eric _______________________________________________ AVR-chat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-chat
