[lazarus] [Fwd: controversy]

[Marco van de Voort]

> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Michael A. Hess wrote:
> 
> > Man oh man is this show going to be interesting. Can you actually
> > believe that some of the developer community is actually upset and
> > called Borland.   :-\
> > 
> > Befuddles me.
> 
> Me too, but that happens every day. People are really weird on this planet;
> Where I come from (Betelgeuze 3) people are much more easy going and
> cooperative.
> 
> That said, I think you should allow them to call. Just make a point that 
> Lazarus was started before Kylix was (FPC even earlier), with the same 
> goal: Create Delphi for Linux. Also say that the Compiler, IDE and some
> of Borland's technology (Midas, DBExpress) are NOT open source, and that 
> this is the gap you're trying to fill. 
> 
> You know, the kind of 'Pascal guys should stick together in the cruel C
> world' talk.

And don't forget the free-for-commercial use issue, with Kylix libs being
GPL at best, and FPC LGPL