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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: Emulation (Was: No port of Opera?)
To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:16:51 +0000 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <396752A6.ED719837@softweyr.com> from "Wes Peters" at Jul 08, 2000 10:11:18 AM
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> > > 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...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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