GCC Next Step - Help Please

[Derek Neighbors]

> The point, for me, wasn't to go to debian, but rather to test the upgrade to
> Xandros from the dist Xandros is built on.

I dont know why you advocate Xandros over Debian.  They are no better than 
other greedy get rich Linux investments.

They are run by Linux Global Partners.  A little history would show you 
that LGP has screwed many a folk in the Free Software Community.  They 
were the first round funding for Ximian\Helixcode  who got fed up and left 
for 
Battery Ventures to buy LGP out.  They succeeded in SQUISHING the living 
hell out of GNUmatic (the company that did GNUCash).  I believe they did 
some damage and had lawsuits from a either Codeweavers and/or a company 
that did custom X servers (metrolink).

Further research shows it was metrolink:

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/04/29/2035203.shtml is the metrolink deal, 

GNUCash didnt fight them publicly but got much the same treatment.  

Though in those comments Bruce Perens of OSI fame mentions and validates 
they were broke and screwing all their portfolios (except those doing 
windows work)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11945&cid=257600

I dont see how its good to support companies built on venture capital from 
firms that have brought destruction to our community in the past.

Especially when there are what appears to be upstanding companies that are 
offering similar products.  Specifically Red Hat and Mandrake (while i 
dont care for them, are certainly viable) are much more deserving I think 
of getting money. :)

Minor rant. Take with grain of salt.

 -Derek
P.S. Dont get me wrong I would love to see either the Debian project or 
some company (similar to Progeny) provide something like what Xandros is 
doing, only backed by someone with integrity. ;)