Re: Performance issues on Windows, suggests a MSVC build

[Richard Crozier]

 On 23/06/2011 11:18, Jacob Dawid wrote:
> I know it's quite irrational to say that, but actively aiming to
> support proprietary software to expand the user range is imho in
> conflict to the philosophy of the GNU project, since there are free
> operating systems available that octave runs on. It is not a technical
> barrier however. But offering binaries or build environments on
> proprietary platforms clearly is a step against free software as it
> makes the decision to switch to a free operating system less
> attractive. The idea of the GPL is to support those who deserve to be
> supported. 


Or perhaps when users get a taste of the software available on GNU
systems they will be encouraged to switch. I believe this is a process I
am going through gradually myself at the min. It all started with the
wonder of LaTeX, which is very well supported on all platforms.

RIchard

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