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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:32190 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1169 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!serval!luke.eecs.wsu.edu!hlu From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box? Message-ID: <1993Mar30.041126.1739@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University! References: <C4o0t9.DG3@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 04:11:26 GMT Lines: 15 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.