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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!ncar!massive!netsrv1.cmdl.noaa.gov!boulder!news.coop.net!village.org!not-for-mail From: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why would one want a Linux emulator? Date: 19 Jul 1995 22:33:30 -0600 Organization: The Village Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3ukmaq$hbj@rover.village.org> References: <3ui06u$ggc@clue.callamer.com> <3uir96$di3@news.rwth-aachen.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: rover.village.org In article <3uir96$di3@news.rwth-aachen.de>, Thomas Gellekum <thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: >The latter is probably due to a number of ports to Linux, ranging >from WordPerfect over Mathematica and OI to Doom, where the >companies in question don't (want to) put out a port to FreeBSD or >BSDI for whatever reason. OI? Thae OI port to Linux is quite old, quite broken, and wouldn't work under FreeBSD anyway since you'd have to produce Linux binaries on FreeBSD with a g++ 2.4.5 compiler. Your point, in general is valid, just don't bring OI into the mix :-(. Warner -- Warner Losh "VMS Forever" home: imp@village.org Cyberspace Development, Inc work: imp@marketplace.com Makers of TIA, The Internet Adapter. http://marketplace.com/