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Re: OS/2 Porting



jolo@ece.cmu.edu writes:

>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,
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