Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 13:14:34 -0700 From: mike allison <mallison@konnections.com> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial, Non-Hacker CD Distribution - A thought Message-ID: <335A792A.2D35F55@konnections.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970419160713.4592Q-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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The Hermit Hacker wrote: > Agreed...the other aspect is that if a product is compiled/ported > to BSD, it will make use of certain optimizations in BSDs libraries. > > So, StarOffice for Linux running under Linux would most likely be > 'faster' then being emulated under FreeBSD > > Marc G. Fournier Also, In a perfect virtual Unix world (where the name Gates doesn't appear in teh Phone book), a FreeBSD port could easily become a *BSD port meaning that it will run on over 14 architectures in a short period of time.... -Mike
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