> I think the community of GCC consumers also doesn't care which sandbox > the developers play in, as long as they're all playing in the same > sandbox. But maybe I'm wrong, and maybe that's why I've never been > able to understand why EGCS merged back into the FSF GCC in the first > place...
I think you're wrong. Many of these players are large companies (such as IBM and now, RedHat). Putting them in the position of having to "reject" the official FSF contribution is awkward for them. Moreover, having two distinct versions strongly lessens the case for Free Software in the first place.
