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From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu)
Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box?
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In article <C4o0t9.DG3@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> erick@demorgan.uwaterloo.ca (Erick Engelke) writes:
>How would people feel if companies offerred linux versions
>of their commercial software?  I will use linux because
>it is free, net supported, etc., but I would prefer to
>use my favourite tools too.  And maybe some vendors
>might be interested in this as a lower cost option
>than NT, OS/2 or Univel.
>

If they are linked against the shared library, I welcome
the commercial softwares. I like to see Motif and other
general/scientific/engineering softwares.


H.J.