Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/08/21/21:59:33
IMO if Rainer was serious about promoting RSXNTDJ, he would have
solved these problems long ago. Clearly he does not even read this
newsgroup, otherwise I would hope he would be so embarrassed by the
furore that he would repair the package.
I find it interesting that in the help file provided with the
distribution, he specifies an exception to the GPL allowing the
distribution of RSXNTDJ-compiled applications without source code, for
a price of $40. So it is strange that he seems disinterested in a
potential money-earning project.
I downloaded RSXNTDJ with thoughts of 'yes - win32 programs using
djgpp - great!' only to be very disappointed with the amount of
fiddling about needed to get it working. For me, this put me off the
thought of ever using it again. I now use DJGPP for DOS development,
and Mumit Khan's distribution of Mingw32 for Windows development.
With the new Windows headers/libraries by Anders Norlander, this is, I
think, the best there is.
In short, Johan, I think there is no good reason for you to work on
RSXNTDJ, especially when Mingw32 is being actively developed and
supported.
Sorry if I have upset anybody, but, after all, this is only MY
opinion.
Regards,
Stuart
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