That's what happened with GCC and EGCS. Tired from GCC's slow development, some developers created the EGCS fork. After a couple years, the EGCS fork became the

That's what happened with GCC and EGCS. Tired from GCC's slow development, some developers created the EGCS fork. After a couple years, the EGCS fork became the official FSF GCC. A detailed history is here: http://www.softpanorama.org/People/Stallman/history_of_gcc_development.shtml http://www.softpanorama.org/People/Stallman/history_of_gcc_d...