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- From: elemar@hyperion.dorm.umd.edu (Eric Lemar)
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- Subject: Re: Let's get System 7.x on top!
- Date: 14 Apr 1996 16:33:32 GMT
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- Justin Day - User (justin@mammoth.valleynet.com) wrote:
- : devices and the GUI are already done, but since ARDI must also back other
- : OSes like Linux and DOS that wont gain them much.
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- Yes, but Linux offers at least as much abstraction as Win95, so i don't really
- see that it changes their decision... In fact, already supporting an abstracted
- platform should make it EASIER to do a win95 port. Little low-level driver
- work should have to be done for either Win95 or Linux. DOS is the only platform
- where these issues come up and there if things like networking were left out and
- only placed in the win95 and linux versions, many of the driver related issues
- could be sidestepped.
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- eric
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