Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:13:14 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No port of Opera? (Was: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 : Windows))) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000707211017.04804550@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000707155808.J10303@argon.gryphonsoft.com> References: <20000707211621.C35215@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706225433.0475b4d0@localhost> <Your <4.3.2.7.2.20000706193313.04a8ca40@localhost> <54201.962945434@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706225433.0475b4d0@localhost> <20000707082704.Z35215@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000707003817.04760d40@localhost> <20000707211621.C35215@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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At 01:58 PM 7/7/2000, Will Andrews wrote: >We could document which Linux syscalls should be changed into what BSD >syscalls, to ease the job of porting. "Porting kits" are good if they are well supported. A badly supported one can drive vendors away. Microsoft offered a porting kit that allowed Windows apps to be ported to OS/2, but it was so bad that it actually discouraged and delayed ports. (Micrografx did a good one, so Microsoft bludgeoned them into dropping it by threatening to destroy their business. This shows that they thought it was a real threat.) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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