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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu!not-for-mail From: kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu (Kevin P. Neal) 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) Followup-To: 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 Date: 16 Apr 1996 15:57:39 GMT Organization: The House of RetroComputing Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4l0g1j$kv7@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <yfgbuktfn1w.fsf@time.cdrom.com> <3172AF35.15A9D29E@wolfenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21627 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:650 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3273 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3105 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17553 comp.os.linux.advocacy:46020 Mark Hamstra (mhamstra@wolfenet.com) wrote: : Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: : > : : Jordan, : : I'll agree that healthy competition between the FreeBSD and Linux developers is a : good thing. I'll also stipulate that both sides would dearly love to see the use of : Unix increase, perhaps dramatically. Unfortunately I also have to grant you that : infighting amongst the various Unix advocates has cut short much of Unix's past : promise. : : It seems the real question is not whether FreeBSD or Linux should be THE free PC : Unix, but rather: How can FreeBSD and Linux continue to pressure each other to : continued success without un-necessarily fragmenting the growing support for free : operating systems and software? To my knowledge, binary compatibility standards are : the best way to prevent this fragmentation, and I applaud the FreeBSD community's : efforts in this regard. What is the exact status of binary compatibility between : FreeBSD and Linux at present and near future? What can Linux developers do to : ensure compatibility? Are there other cross-community links that we should be aware : of? : Nitpick: didn't Linux compat code come from NetBSD? Ah well, point taken. Does Linux have FreeBSD/NetBSD compat code in place? In the works? -- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Sophomore, Comp. Sci. \ kpneal@interpath.com XCOMM Frue, Secret Agent of Smerp (shh!) \ kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu XCOMM Visit the House of RetroComputing at / Perm. Email: XCOMM http://www4.ncsu.edu/~kpneal/www/ / kevinneal@bix.com