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The GNU tool chain delivered with µVUSION3 is quiet old. Does anybody have an update that can easily replace that version ? I would love to learn how to build my own from the GNU/GCC source but I don't have the energy !
What do think ! They have to make a living too... Overtime the quality of the freeware improves dramatically but it takes time. But the other reality is that building these tools from the free software available is not that trivial (well, it should be trivial for Keil since they have setup the whole enviroment before). If you are using Linux the uclibc.org website has some "ready-made" binaries but for Windows you have to make your own. By the way, from my limited testing, the libraries that Keil is generously giving away are OK except for the printf implementation which is full of bugs... These bugs are well known and fixed in current sources...
Maybe you are right. I recommand the WinARM, a convenience GCC tool chain under Windows entironment. (It can workks without any other tools). http://www.siwawi.arubi.uni-kl.de/avr_projects/arm_projects/