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From: ron@pedi.ama.ttu.edu (Ron Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: WP for Linux, BSD?
Date: 8 Mar 1994 19:23:48 -0600
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Hello Netters:
 
Can commercial programs (like Word Perfect 5.1 and dbman) which run on
SCO Unix, run under Linux or 386BSD versions of UNIX? (If the original binaries
are copied to a Linux (or BSD) system, will they execute?)

If the short answer is no, why not?                         

Are commerical vendors of software beginning to make versions of their software
available for Linux/386BSD ? If not, what are they waiting for?

Please reply to email: ron@pedi.ama.ttu.edu

Thanks.
Regards,
Ron Jones