From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fd24e54f7983a2f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-07 07:54:13 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!gw1.att.com!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!PSAVAX.PWFL.COM!CONDIC Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 10:54:13 EST Sender: Ada programming language From: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM Subject: Re: FSF drops Apple boycott, opens gate for GNAT, etc. Date: 1995-02-07T10:54:13-05:00 List-Id: From: Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93 Subject: Re: FSF drops Apple boycott, opens gate for GNAT, etc. Original_To: PROFS%"SMTP@PWAGPDB" Original_cc: CONDIC Robert Dewar Writes: > >No, the next milestone is now, as it has been before the recent announcement, >when a version of gcc becomes available for the Mac. Remember that FSF itself >is not particularly interested in the MAC, until there is a version of GNU >(the operating system) for the MAC. They are not in the business of creating >ports to miscellaneous non-GNU operating systems. >...Etc... > O.K. I'm a little lost. I've been reading this thread over the last couple of days and could use a little history. 1) Is/was there some sort of boycott by FSF of Apple/Macintosh machines? 2) For what reason? 3) Did it have any impact? 4) If the boycott is over, how did this come about? (Is there some sort of secret cabal running FSF who went into a smoke filled room, made a decision and pronounced it to the world?) 5) Is there any immediate impact for the Mac world or FSF world? Sorry if I'm asking questions that should be intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer. Ignorance isn't a crime - remaining so intentionally ought to be... Pax, Marin Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 407.796.8997 M/S 731-93 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM P.O. Box 109600 Internet: MDCONDIC@AOL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 =============================================================================== "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957. ===============================================================================