Hi, 2006/7/9, Arkady V.Belousov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi! > > 9-Июл-2006 23:12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wesley Parish) wrote to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: > > WP> What I want to ask is, has anyone approached Borland about the possibility > WP> of > WP> releasing their DOS compiler and database products as Open Source? I've > > I suggest, that releasing Borland _compilers_ as _open source_ (beside > releasing as unpaid software) is useless - these compilers are (1) much > outdated (in sense of modern language standards compatibility and supported > target platforms) and contains (2) many bugs, whereas there are (3) > free(dom) alternative (OpenWatcom, for example), which newer, less buggy, > more standards compliant and more code-efficient. > > So, even if Borland releases their compilers as open source, this gives > nothing useful. And even if they release compilers as free(dom) open-source, > I doubt that someone (experienced) will spend they efforts to evolve them to > something more modern. > > Database (Paradox) is another story.
Well, I disagree with you for the case of TurboPascal: at least there would be ONE open source 16-bit Pascal compiler. For C/C++ I agree that we are lucky to stick to OpenWatcom. Aitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
