Doesn't ARM want all developers to be able to build fast ARM applications?
No. Arm wants to make money, ideally off of the ARM architecture and related stuff. If they can make more money by selling their compiler, they'll do it.
But how much money does ARM really make selling (perhaps only a few hundred?) compiler licenses? Compare that revenue to strengthening the ARM platform's position compared to competing embedded architectures?
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Doesn't ARM want all developers to be able to build fast ARM applications?
No. Arm wants to make money, ideally off of the ARM architecture and related stuff. If they can make more money by selling their compiler, they'll do it.
But how much money does ARM really make selling (perhaps only a few hundred?) compiler licenses? Compare that revenue to strengthening the ARM platform's position compared to competing embedded architectures?