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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 06:50:07 +0530
From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: Emulation (Was: No port of Opera?)
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Terry Lambert said on Jul 12, 2000 at 01:16:51:
> > > > Without Linux compatibility, BSD wouldn't have enough of a desktop user
> > > > base for a company to even consider a native BSD port. The Linux
> > > > compatibility was created to draw in users. (i.e. BSD can do everything
> > > > Linux can, including run its binaries, plus this and this and this)
> > > > The more users BSD has, the more likely there will be a native BSD port.
> > > 
> > > Given this theory, someone should be going balls-to-the-wall
> > > on SCO Xenix and UNIX and Solaris x86 emulations, even if the
> > > Linux emulation is broken in the process...
> > 
> > You're right, except none of the above have ANY marketing momentum at this
> > time.  SCO UNIX and Solaris x86 compatibility would get us some kick-ass
> > server apps, though.
> 
> Given this theory, someone should be going balls-to-the-wall
> on Windows 2000 emulation, even if the SCO Xenix and UNIX, Solaris
> x86 emulation, and Linux emulation are broken in the process...

Wine? 

Rahul.


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