Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 13:53:02 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: jfieber@indiana.edu, lyndon@orthanc.com, grog@lemis.de, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is the documentation for ibcs2? Message-ID: <2166.817854782@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Dec 1995 12:42:47 MST." <199512011942.MAA02146@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> I also happen to know that Lotus 1-2-3's SVR3 port uses the return of > the uname as "copy protection" during the install when putting together > a binary file that the installed program then references when the > application is run. I know. I know the programmer who was responsible for that hack personally, in fact. :-) Fortunately, nobody in their right mind would run the old UN*X version of 1-2-3 so it's kinda moot. I still think that it's possible to derive benefit from the sea of SCO apps out there, even without a working install. Yes, it's harder, but it may also prove in many instances to make the difference between letting a developer keep FreeBSD on his work PC or having his boss demand he load SCO so that he can run some commercial app of import to the company. [insert picture of a sad eyed programmer sitting at a PC running SCO, looking dolefully at the camera] "For little Timmy's sake - isn't it worth it?" Jordan
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