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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:24570 comp.unix.sys5.r4:186 comp.unix.sys5.r3:31 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:283 comp.unix.bsd:6331 comp.os.linux:12197 comp.os.mach:2269 comp.windows.x:46084 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.sys5.r3,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.windows.x Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!machine!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) Subject: Re: Announcing the availability of XFree86 1.1 Message-ID: <Bvux69.Az2@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX References: <1992Oct3.192551.1831@netcom.com> <1992Oct3.215041.17541@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Oct7.194931.16296@crd.ge.com> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:51:43 GMT Lines: 18 In article <1992Oct7.194931.16296@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes: >| This, by the way, is a perfect example of why SVR4 is better than SCO. >| We have a single binary kit, ~20MB compressed, that works on SVR4 from 7 >| different vendors. >This may come as a shock, but V.3 worked that way, too, and Xenix/386 >binaries will run on virtually anything. Bill, I have an idea that this refers to the fact that most (if not all) r4s are pretty standard, specially in the networking code. Believe me, a networking program like X is NOT compatible with all svr3's. Back then, everyone did their network interface different than everyone else. -- I am created Shiva the Destroyer; Death, the shatterer of worlds! Who is this dog meat who stands before me now? That's the biz, sweetheart. Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us