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FSF, GCC, and SCO Compiler Support

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hadn't-really-thought-of-that-one dept.

Ancipital was one of several who noted that a special patch is going into GCC. The file is README.SCO, and it is a short writeup about the SCO situation written by the FSF. It stops short of demanding that GCC developers strip SCO support from the compiler, and says more will be announced before the next compiler release.

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  1. So..... by Tsali · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ... is this SCO's property, too?

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    This space for rent.
  2. SCO Users by infernalC · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Asking SCO Unix users to lobby SCO to drop the open source litigation is pointless. For one, SCO Unix users are likely at this point not looking to SCO for additional products and services since SCO Unix sucks and there are better Unix and Unix-like products out there for the x86 (Solaris, GNU/Linux). For two, SCO is not interested in selling Unix of their own accord anymore. They are only interested in selling Unix to folks that they will never give a product to and suing the folks that don't buy the nothing that they offer. Customers don't have much influence when your business model is centered on FUD and litigation.

  3. Mod Parent Up by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 1, Redundant
    The best opinions are the solitary voices against the bellowing mob.

    This bluster on the part of the GCC developers serves only SCO. Cutting support would make them into a victim in the public eye.

    Better to let them die on their own, and keep your own hand free from the blood.

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