From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: Linux/SCO Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1993 03:17:46 GMT
peter@DIALix.oz.au (Peter Wemm) writes:
>mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) writes:
>>michaelw@desaster.hanse.de (Michael Will) writes:
>>>The other way round, elf-binaries for Linux, was tackled by some guys on
>>>the net, but then they seemed to fade away...?
>>I hope not.... I still think it is the only quick way to 1000's of
>>commercial applications :( It could throw Linux into mainstream....
>>Imagine, a Unix OS with LOTS of commercial apps compatible for $0
>Chuckle... You'd be better wording that like:
>Imagine, a Unix OS for $0 compatible with LOTS of commercial apps..
>:-) :-)
:) Sorry, I rushed through that one! Came out as "jungle English"!! :)
Try 2-
TONS of specific commercial quality applications may never have a suitable
PD equivalent. Having at least ONE major expense (the OS) being
lost does open up some $ for other things (like WP or Aster*x or such), if
COFF software would run. To me, COFF and WABI are the key to making Linux
not only a killer OS, programming platform, educational platform, and hacker's
paradise, but a real applications platform too. And most people who have
computers need them for commercial applications even if they use them for some
other things too.
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