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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.sol.net!news.inc.net!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!Portugal.EU.net!news.rccn.net!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.uni-c.dk!news From: pd@kubism.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Date: 19 Apr 1996 13:57:19 +0200 Organization: Messed up Lines: 33 Sender: pd@bush.kubism.ku.dk Message-ID: <x2lojs8m00.fsf@bush.kubism.ku.dk> References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <yfgbuktfn1w.fsf@time.cdrom.com> <3172AF35.15A9D29E@wolfenet.com> <31734160.1332595A@lambert.org> <3176B12A.5299@cet.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: stat.kubism.ku.dk In-reply-to: Michael Hancock's message of Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:16:26 -0700 To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21568 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:634 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3254 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3079 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17499 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45908 In article <3176B12A.5299@cet.co.jp> Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> writes: Terry Lambert wrote: ---------------- One big win would be a written ABI specification, a *publically available* test suite to make sure a system implements the ABI from revision to revision, and a mode switch for each compliant system to place it in "ABI ONLY mode" to determine application conformance to the ABI. The system vendors would have to encourage the use of this mode when running testing on commercial products by offering both self-ceritification (branding: "Free UNIX Friendly"?) and by only guaranteeing the interfaces exported by the ABI from revision to revision. If a commercial vendor wants to avoid another port for the next OS release, they need to certify. ---------------- This is a great idea. Walnut Creek and Redhat would be able to distribute the "Free Unix Friendly ABI95 and Compliant Suite95 CD-ROM". Sorry to sound like a TV station, but try peeking at my other post in this thread (on ABI+). Or just hop to http://www.metrolink.com/abi/index.html right away. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907