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From: pd@kubism.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: 19 Apr 1996 13:57:19 +0200
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In article <3176B12A.5299@cet.co.jp> Michael Hancock
<michaelh@cet.co.jp> writes:

   Terry Lambert wrote:
   ----------------
   One big win would be a written ABI specification, a *publically
   available* test suite to make sure a system implements the ABI
   from revision to revision, and a mode switch for each compliant
   system to place it in "ABI ONLY mode" to determine application
   conformance to the ABI.

   The system vendors would have to encourage the use of this mode
   when running testing on commercial products by offering both
   self-ceritification (branding: "Free UNIX Friendly"?) and by
   only guaranteeing the interfaces exported by the ABI from
   revision to revision.  If a commercial vendor wants to avoid
   another port for the next OS release, they need to certify.
   ----------------

   This is a great idea.  Walnut Creek and Redhat would be able to
   distribute the "Free Unix Friendly ABI95 and Compliant Suite95 CD-ROM".  

Sorry to sound like a TV station, but try peeking at my other post in
this thread (on ABI+). Or just hop to

http://www.metrolink.com/abi/index.html 

right away.
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