To all W98/me users: Remember that mspgcc is NOT a commercial product. Don't even try to think of it as such. The people developing this open- source project are doing it largely in their own time, and therefore for their own reasons. They have the privilege of using their own resources in whatever way they wish. And I'm glad they did it.
The problems with W98 arose when one of the developers. Andreas, had to spend more time earning his crust (or on other things, it's up to him). Up till then, he provided the platform and the input that ensured comaptibility. Now if mspgcc is not going to develop into a Linux- only implementation, SOMEONE is going to have to take up the baton. I would be willing to, except that my programming skills stretch only to simple systems. I've never managed to install a program under Linux, let alone compile the kernel. I think you will find this fairly common: one of the big obstacles to wider use of all these open- source solutions is that they expect a much higher standard of literacy from the users. So, Windows users: if mspgcc is going to become a viable compiler for Windoews, WE and nobody else are going to ave to do it. Who has the combination of time, expertise and will? Paul Burke
