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From: dontmailme AT iname DOT com (Steamer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Watcom C++ opened?
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:49:31 GMT
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Paul Schlyter wrote:

> >>The Open Watcom compiler products are the first and only
> >>mass-market commercial compilers to be open sourced
> >
> >Wrong.  Cygwin GNUPro.
>  
> Really?
>  
> I was totally unaware that any GNU product was a former commercial
> product.  When was it sold?  Under what name was it sold?  Approx.
> how much did it cost?

Cygwin is not a former commercial product - it's a current commercial
product.  You can find the pricing on the Cygwin site:
    http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/

S.

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