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- From: huntercr@cs.purdue.edu (Charles R. Hunter)
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- Subject: Re: OS/2 Porting
- Date: 21 Mar 1996 23:03:30 -0500
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- jolo@ece.cmu.edu writes:
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- >In <4iqokc$afa@clarknet.clark.net>, alongton@clark.net (Andy Longton) writes:
- >>Well, if Ardi is going to do a Windows port, than it is trivial to do an
- >>OS/2 port from the Windows code. Does this look like a good compromise?
-
- >For a first try, perhaps this is good. However, there are many
- >optimizations and features to be made use of (WPS, OpenDoc, IFS
- >to name a few) that would require more coding than just a DAX
- >port.
-
- >I'd be happy with a DAX port, with assurances that a more "native"
- >version would be in the works...and that it wouldn't be indefinitely
- >back-burnered to an NT version (when there are < 1Mil NT boxes
- >out there, compared to at least 8-9Mil OS/2 boxes.)
-
- AGAIN, Let me stress that this is unnecessary.
-
- OS/2 already has GCC (EMX) ... What is Executor written in?
- OS/2 has SVGAlib ... What is Executor/Linux usable with?
- OS/2 has XFree86 ... What is Executor/Linux also use?
-
- A DAX port for a nonexisting ( as of yet ) Executor Windows version
- would be silly, when ARDI can do it now.
- Also, ARDI has already stated that they would rather do a fullscreen version
- than a PM version.
-
- -- Charles Hunter
-
-
-
- >Flames & comments on this last point, *again* followup to
- >comp.os.os2.advocacy.
-
- >l8r,
- >---
- >- Joseph LoCicero, IV | Grey is not the color I expected -
- >- jolo@ece.cmu.edu | On someone who's so often touched by grace -
- >- Think smarter, not harder | The eyes that hold the promise of perfection -
- >- Team OS/2 Use Warp! | Will find the flaw that no one can erase... -
-
- --
- Charles R. Hunter
- Purdue University School of Science huntercr@cs.purdue.edu
- West Lafayette, IN mechainc@expert.cc.purdue.edu
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