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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Subject: Re: Gnat Free ?
Date: 1998/10/18
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jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) writes:

> Ronald Cole (ronald@forte-intl.com) wrote:
> 
> : Of course, I've always secretly wondered if Dewar would shutdown his
> : business completely if every one of his clients started giving out
> : wavefront releases...
> 
> If I understand you correctly you want ACT to follow current practices
> by prematurely releasing possibly unreliable software ?

If it is clearly marked as such that is OK. The method is called the
"bazaar model" compared to the "cathedral style" ACT is using. It works
very well for lots of projects, for example the EGCS Compiler, the GIMP
or the Linux kernel.



-Andi