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#! rnews 1492 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet From: "Paul Trimming" <paul.trimming@dial.pipex.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Poor man's Unix? Date: 17 Jul 1997 09:49:12 GMT Organization: Lonely Pilgrim Shareware Lines: 24 Message-ID: <01bc9297$1ba5d0e0$71f882c1@nf78.dial.pipex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ai113.du.pipex.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1160 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44595 I am a selfemployed programmer writing financial applications in Java on Windows. I am relying on the Java promise "Write once, run anywhere.", and want to make versions of my software available on the Unix platform. Being poor, I can not afford to invest in expensive Unix systems to test my product. I was wondering if I could test my programmes on freeBSD and then assume that if they run successfully, that they will be compatible with other Unix flavours such as SCO. I suppose I am asking just how representative is freeBSD of Unix systems in general. Sincerely, Paul Trimming -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Trimming Lonely Pilgrim Shareware Web: http://www.totalweb.co.uk/pilgrim/ Email: paul.trimming@dial.pipex.com -------------------------------------------------------------------