>>>>> "Jameson" == Jameson Williams <jameson.h.willi...@intel.com> writes:
Jameson> In as far as I can tell, Randal doesn't like GNU because it Jameson> breaks interoperability with UNIX/POSIX, e.g. GNU Make vs. BSD Jameson> Make? Seems a silly flame war to me, but my +1 for GNU are Jameson> several fold: (1) GPL/copy-left; (2) larger % of user Jameson> installations make GNU the defacto standard; (3) personal Jameson> preference for GNU enhancements (viz: BSD Make suxz.) I'd actually argue that there are far more non-Linux Unix installations in commercial space than Linux installations. Maybe more hobbyist Linux installs. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
