Issue 15: Chrome(ium?) is not fully Open Source http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=15
Comment #17 by russell.jones: "Needing to use a non-open-source compiler to build Chromium does not make Chromium non-open-source. Sorry." This is correct. The question of whether it is desirable to use an OSS compiler on Windows is another issue. Whilst I think the OSS development process is superior, morally and very often practically especially over the longer term, I believe the compilers' use is not desirable here, as it makes it too easy for MS to introduce incompatibilities (via Windows Update or new OS versions) and then dismiss breakage by pointing out that the compiler is unsupported. I strongly suspect one reason they have experts in competing technologies to facilitate exactly this. In contrast, if they break their own compiler their customers (the ones they care about, I mean) will not be happy and they will be under strong pressure to fix it. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
