> Alot of people are working in this area, but all of us (weather pic, AVR,
8051
> ...) are banging our heads ATM as there is a massive user base, which is
> refusing to donate their spare time in the spirit of GNU / GPL etc and
help
> out, helping is as simple as writing documentation, finding bugs maybe
even a
> bit of development work if you are a C junkie ;o) we all want free, we all
> want good tools, some of us want to be free from M$ crap, but if ppl do
not
> help, then nothing happens. How long will it be till people like Scott
burn
> out, IT IS HAPPENING, look at the number of unfinished projects, then ask
> why, it is usually not that it was a bad idea or no one is interested, but
> more like no one helped, no one bothered to let the author know his / her
> work is apreciated ..... I could rant all day, but you get my drift, IF
YOU
> WANT FREE TOOLS, SUPPORT THEM, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP !!!

If you have to help, then they aren't free.  You can just as well "help" to
get a good tool developed by paying for a commercial product.  In the end
you get what you "pay" for either way.


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