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Date:      Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:41:05 +0200 (EET)
From:      Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com>, terry@lambert.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, root@dihelix.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Quake's out, where's that Linux ELF emulation?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960229103926.9652A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
In-Reply-To: <199602290103.SAA09633@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > Just like OS/2 
> > claimed to be "a better DOS than DOS", why can't we make the (justified 
> > once we get ELF) claim of "a better Linux than Linux?"
> 
> Uh, OS/2 hasn't been very successful compared to DOS (or Win95).

At least RDBMS vendors liked it - most of them had versions running on 
OS/2  and still do, no matter that they also support Windows NT now..

> 
> > Okay, granted.  But as I said, if it already runs fine on FreeBSD through 
> > binary emulation, then what do you gain by demanding a FreeBSD-native 
> > port?  Sure, it'd be nice, but I know I'd rather be able to run a Linux 
> > version than have no version at all!
> 
> Because it will have been regression tested on Linux but not on BSD.
> 
> Because a commercial software vendor does not typically offer support
> for an OS running their product in an emulation environment.
> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
> 

	Sander




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