Sorry Rick, but it isn't always true. We certainly port when paid to do so, but we also do it when we like the CPU. The ARM and Coldfire VFX ports were done on our own dime. There are several CPUs we've done cross compilers for that I wish we hadn't wasted time on. We just don't have the budget to do every CPU on the market. In retrospect I consider the decision to support ARM rather than PPC a good one.
Oh yes we do. The VFX code generator was a speculative venture. Yes, we do it with commercial (and sometimes cautious) interest, but MPE at least has a long track record in speculative R&D ventures, including what eventually became the basis of the Europay OTA system.
Stephen
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