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 Organization: always disorganized Lines: 18 Message-ID: <39a3e46b.25438297@news.freeserve.net> References: <8o0j7u$qkd$1 AT merope DOT saaf DOT se> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-226.singapore-angel.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news6.svr.pol.co.uk 967042172 15576 62.136.220.226 (23 Aug 2000 14:49:32 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Aug 2000 14:49:32 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse AT theplanet DOT net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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.