after thinking about this today, I have to say,
this really is a great move and something that
should have been done by Commodore a long time ago...and the other iterations of Amiga, Inc., for that matter.
I have had the opportunity to develop on Windows and Linux on many occasions, just because the tools were available when I needed them.
Not that I wouldn't ever pay for a compiler, but it helps a bunch to have the tools available when you need them...right now I'm downloading the Windows
platform SDK on machine where I had to re-install
the OS...there is no charge for this.
So many people in recent months have advanced
an argument...when talking about this or that..., would you really expect Sun or Microsoft
to do that???....well in this case, Sun and Microsoft
both give away SDK's....and they don't even require a
NDA to be agreed too.
As amiga companies get closer to that level, its very
good indeed :-)