From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: Linux/SCO Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1993 12:51:43 GMT
eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
>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...
Correct. That was the highest on my wish list for Linux, COFF compatibility.
ELF would be very nice, but most of the stuff I and other business users
want to run is in COFF format (although some is available in ELF too).
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