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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!news.sinica!ywliu From: ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw () Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why would one want a Linux emulator? Date: 19 Jul 1995 08:05:48 GMT Organization: Computing Center, Academia Sinica Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3uiecs$8cd@gate.sinica.edu.tw> References: <3ui06u$ggc@clue.callamer.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Christopher Paul (cpaul@tcf.com) wrote: : Can anyone tell my why one would want a Linux emulator? I guess, IMVVHO, more (commercial) packages are available for Linux and FreeBSD wants to attract more (commercial) users; A Linux emulator may encourage people to use FreeBSD. But I am afraid, in this case, this is sort of like OS/2 with Windows compatibility : since a winodow program can run on OS/2, why bothers developing a native OS/2 version ? Here comes the dillema of emulating or not. -- Yen-Wei Liu Internet e-mail address:ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw ywliu@gate.sinica.edu.tw FAX: +886-2-783-6444