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- From: porter_woodward@internet.kronos.com (Porter Woodward)
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- Subject: ECMA APIW
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 14:36:18 GMT
- Organization: Software Quality Assurance
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- Hi there,
-
- for those of you who have seen something about this, and those of you who haven't,
- check out this site:
-
- http://www.willows.com/
-
- Basically, it provides a multi-platform Windows development environment. Currently they
- have UNIX, Macintosh, NetWare, and OS/2 binaries. However - they are distributing source!!! For
- free!!! Obviously, for personal/noncommercial uses. They have a GNU version available. But I
- guess what the coolest thing about this is:
-
- It allows one to run Windows binaries on a non-Windows system. That's right, Intel,
- Windows binaries on other machines. It handles DLLs, VbXs, etc. It is completely full featured.
- Microsoft is up in arms over it.
-
- What I propose is this. Start a team - get the source, and port it to AmigaOS/Workbench.
- If they already have it so it will run on so many other platforms, it must be possible! I'm not saying it
- won't take an Amiga with something under the hood (o3o+882, 8 or 16MB RAM min + HD) - but I
- think it's possible. Either that or pressure the company to release a binary version for the Amiga -
- they are open to suggestions... And, as they are a European company, it shouldn't be hard to
- convince them - the Amiga has a somewhat larger presence over there.
-
- Talk to AT, get them to liscence it. I know, I know, we want to stay Amiga - but just think,
- what idiot would stick with an Intel DOS/Windows combo when they could get all that, and what
- the Amiga offers? I'm thinking ahead to the PowerAmiga... ShapeShifter, this, and AmigaDOS.
- Who would want anything else?
-
- - Porter Woodward
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