XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2010-12-28, amicus_curious  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   > news:ifb9he$9a4$6@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >> In message <4d12859d$0$11583$ec3e2dad@unlimited.usenetmonster.com>,   
   >> amicus_curious wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> ... gcc [is] crap and ... woefully inadequate for creating any sort of   
   >>> software today.   
   >>   
   >> Odd you should say that, since GCC is a crucial component in the fact that   
   >> so much Free Software is available and supported on two dozen different   
   >> major processor architectures. Basically, if GCC will compile for it,   
   >> Linux   
   >> and other Free Software will run on it.   
   >   
   > Just about all the "free" software is pretty cheesy compared with the real   
      
       ...you say that as if you were actually an artist and not just some   
   "mere consumer" using Photoshop as some sort of brand rallying cry.   
      
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