At 11:20 17/5/01 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: >Peter Donald wrote: >> >... >> It is because it is part of GNU tool chain that [GNU make] is popular. >> The complexity is part of GNUs embrace and extend policy - they want to add >> features that aren't available in other tools so that people will migrate >> to GNUMake and not go back. > >Don't they add features because the features are useful? (Sure, it's >because they don't need to worry about compability, but do you really >think they're trying to suck people in so they can't go back?)
go read their website ;) They do add features because they are useful but primarily it is about getting people to use free software. Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*
