[CMake] VMWare on SCons' future

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Monday 03 March 2008, Brandon Van Every wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Brandon Van Every <bvanevery at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > VMWare is a large commercial project.
> > 
> > http://www.nabble.com/SCons-Future-Directions-and-Thoughts-td15176258.htm
> >l
>
> My impression so far is that SCons appeals to a company that wants to
> program a customized build system, rather than have one off-the-shelf
> that already works.  A customized build system requires dedicated
> manpower and exotic needs.  VMWare has those needs; it has been
> pointed out that many other companies do not have such needs, nor
> dedicated full-time in-house build guru expertise.  Also, when the
> build system is programmable, people seem to start treating it as a
> library rather than an end user tool.

Yes, that was my impression too.

Alex