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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by _dain_ on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:41AM (#36549489)
linux, git, ffmpeg, arguably postgres and sqlite
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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by girvo on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:09AM (#36550299)
> and when was the last time you used a proprietary compiler other than MSVC?

Yesterday, because embedded firmware development is pain writ large

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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by rurban on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:45AM (#36551327)
True, on embedded you are stuck with gcc, clang or sdcc. All FOSS
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