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- From: huntercr@cs.purdue.edu (Charles R. Hunter)
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- Subject: Re: OS/2 Porting
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 23:57:13 -0500
- Organization: Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University
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- PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A FLAME!
-
- compexpr@aol.com (CompExpr) writes:
-
- >I just have to respond to all of the OS/2 people saying that an OS/2 port
- >would be the best thing for ARDI to do...
-
- >While I like OS/2, own it (though I'm not currently running it...) and
- >think that it should be much more widespread than it is. I don't agree
- >that ARDI should put a priority to porting Executor to OS/2.
-
- >Unfortunately my take on situation is IBM is not willing to do the right
- >job in getting OS/2 out there, and are likely to cut their losses and drop
- >support of the system altogether.
-
- Let me guess.. your primary system is NT.
- Have you spent any time reading about Merlin? Is that dropping support?
-
- >IF IBM were to somehow give ARDI some financial incentive to develop an
- >Executor/2, I think that would be great.
-
- This would be nice, but I don't see it happening with *any* copany.
-
- >And I do indeed agree that OS/2 would be a much more stable platform for a
- >native port of Executor than Win 95, except that there are much less
- >people using OS/2 than there are Windows, Windows NT and Windows 95. It's
- >unfortunate but true...
-
- If I were ARDI, I would spend most of my time trying to integrate
- Executor into a Win 3x app. BUT (as I will discuss below ), an OS/2
- port would be SOOOOOOOOOO easy.
-
- >I would like to see ARDI continue it's efforts to complete the
- >Executor/DOS, Executor Linux and Executor Next Step (Yes, there is
- >probably a smaller installed base of NextStep people than OS/2, but ARDI
- >has a desire to support/respect their roots.) ports.
- Hey.. I love Next Step, but you are saying *probably*? How about
- definitely 8-)
-
- >I think once 2.0 is out, and perhaps even 3.0 (with full Sys7 drop-in
- >support, Serial Support, Sound, Networking, etc..) and the money is
- >flowing (hopefully... and deservedly..) then they should scope out the
- >existing market for native ports.
-
- >By that time NT 4.0 will be out, as well as Win 97(?). Also at this point
- >IBM will either have released OS/2 4.0 or canned it.
-
- >I hope all the loyal OS/2'ers won't flame me, but I think we all want
- >Executor and ARDI to succeed, even if some of us don't get everything we
- >want! (How about Executor Minix! Executor BSD! Executor CP/M-86!
- >Executor/SCO, Executor System V! ... It could go on forever!)
-
- >- Al Hartman, Computer Expressions -
-
- The point of many OS/2 users asking, at least for me, is that *all* of
- the development tools are there. A port could be literally done in a day.
- OS/2 Warp has GCC, SVGA lib, and XFree86 and E/L to E/OS2 would be
- trivial. The SVGAlib port is even DIVE...
-
- I believe that CLiff is speaking in earnest about the OS/2 port. They
- have very limited resources, and must keep them on task.
-
- I am a bit dissapointed though that they don't just make a quick port to shut
- people up for awhile, placing an all caps label THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED
- AT THIS TIME on startup. 8-)
-
- I have offered to compile this port, but Cliff insists that they need to
- wait for Version 2.0 to ship.
-
- Oh well,
-
- Charles Hunter
-
- --
- Charles R. Hunter
- Purdue University School of Science huntercr@cs.purdue.edu
- West Lafayette, IN mechainc@expert.cc.purdue.edu
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