Posts by drdj

Bringing the first native OS for Arm back from the brink

Re: Open Source...

You can't build the OS with GCC and one assumes that the income stream means that there's little incentive to push things in that direction. Every successful open source project I can think of is built on an open toolchain. The "I'm going to dabble" cost is zero. No forms to fill in, no requests to make, no money to be spent, just download the compiler and off you go.

Open Source...

So passionate about open source that you still have to pay £50 for the compiler. If they were serious, as they claim to be, about open source and encouraging new users, there would be no financial barrier there.