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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!shellx.best.com!pheret From: pheret <pheret@pheret.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy Subject: Re: Betting on Unix Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:53:39 -0800 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970205005009.7190B-100000@shellx.best.com> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <E50rGo.K3n@nonexistent.com> <nLVF2tL@quack.kfu.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <nLVF2tL@quack.kfu.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156122 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2237 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51880 On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Nick Sayer wrote: *level. Each CPU requires its own compiler, and each OS requires its *own libraries. This, truly, is POSIX's next task - Application *independence at the shared library level. If I have an x86 ELF *binary, it should not matter what OS it was compiled on, I should *be able to run it without modification or without fetching the *libraries from somewhere. Unix is heading in this direction, <snip> i agree. i will sing the praises of linux up and down, but i can't convince any of my friends to use it because they are either completely computer illiterate or don't have the time to spend configuring their system. i'll tell you, now that i have a running linux box it is such a joy! of course, i really enjoy fiddling . . . so this is the first time i have everything going and it is powerful! anyhoo, mho. pheret@pheret.com (ooh, good .sig)