From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) Subject: Re: Linux/SCO Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 21:58:42 GMT
In article <1993Jul28.181223.11097@taylor.uucp> mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) writes:
>>The other way round, elf-binaries for Linux, was tackled by some guys on
>>the net, but then they seemed to fade away...?
No, I am still here. I have been working on merging the various
required patches with the distribution kernel a bit at a time. There was quite
a bit, but we are getting quite close...
>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
My understanding is that most commercial applications are currently
SVr3 (i.e. COFF, not ELF). Something to keep in mind...
-Eric
-- "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a lawyer."