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Date:      Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:50:38 +0300
From:      Alex Keahan <alex@hightemplar.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP:  ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history
Message-ID:  <200406261950.38373.alex@hightemplar.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040626161752.GA10846@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au>
References:  <34301.1088242340@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040626154320.BB2234AC30@fw.farid-hajji.net> <20040626161752.GA10846@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au>

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On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 7:17 pm, Tim Robbins wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 05:43:20PM +0200, Cordula's Web wrote:
> > > > > - Numerous third-party applications for SCO and Solaris/x86
> > > > > (e.g. backup solutions)
> > > >
> > > > Maple V for Solaris/x86.
> > >
> > > Is something wrong with Maple for Linux?  (Which is up to version 9.5,
> > > looks as if.)
> >
> > No license. Gatuitously dropping backward compatibility support for
> > commercial software is rude, to say the least... Where was that old
> > Solaris/x86 HDD now?. Yuck. :-(
>
> No, it's realistic. Maintaining SVR4/i386 compatibility is not a good use
> of developer resources considering how few people use it.

What happened to "if it ain't broken, don't axe it"?

Alex



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