Impractical in a lot of situations. Also the computer can easily fail even in storage. Plus adds a hell of a lot of overhead in terms of config control.
In this instance not so. The process of getting approval to actually purchase the latest version of the commercial compiler went ahead. By the time it had been approved and done, the updates had been done in GCC. The code was compiled with the latest version of the commercial compiler, but gcc still produced substatially better code.
No FlexLM is one of the banes of my existance. Having to use more than one product that uses slightly different versions of FlexLM to handle the licensing is an absolute pain. Installing new software breaks the licensing of other already installed software etc. etc.
No that is not so. There are many after market dealers that will happily service and old car. AFAIK the percentage vintage cars on the road is very high in the UK. Who services all these vehicles ? NOT the original manufacturer, or its Agents.
Not so. The restrictions on the use of many software packages is totaly unreasonable.
Anton Erasmus