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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:6531 comp.os.linux:12563 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!agate!boulder!ucsu!rintintin.Colorado.EDU!ngoh From: ngoh@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (NGO HIEN D) Subject: Binary compatibility question... Message-ID: <1992Oct13.223537.11949@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: rintintin.colorado.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:35:37 GMT Lines: 20 I am unable to find the info I need through the FAQ's and scanning the newsgroups, so that leaves me the post-and-ask-a- possibly-trivial-or-completely-obvious-question method :). I need to run a specific piece of software on either 386BSD or Linux that is only distributed in binary form... it's a commercial product. My question is: is either Linux or 386BSD "88 Open Compliant?" The tech-guy popped this term on me and I was unaware of any such compatibility standard (wouldn't be a first.) There is another option to run this program, however. They have a Xenix version also, and I know that under Linux there is a Xenix emulator. How complete is this emulator? The latest version on tsx-11 is still the early alpha. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Hien D. Ngo ngoh@rtt.colorado.edu | | Computer Science Undergraduate | | University of Colorado at Boulder | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/