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- From: david@dynamix.com (David L Jarvis)
- Subject: Re: Xenix considered harmful (was Re: SCO support - a success story)
- Organization: SOFTWARE / DYNAMIX
- Message-ID: <9209091720.AA16668@dynamix.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 17:20:40 EDT
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- > >So what exactly have you found out there that will work for Unix that won't
- > >work for Xenix?
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- > It's not really an issue of "working" or "not working". If you have
- > the source and are willing to hack on it long enough, you can make
- > almost anything work under Xenix. It's just an issue of how much time
- > and effort you're willing to invest.
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- Shall we forget the fact that much of it is already available for Xenix?
- If I remember correctly, this came from someone who said they used Xenix
- for a public access BBS, and you argued that they wouldn't have access to
- the world of pd software. So I'm asking, what is it that someone, ANYONE,
- might want to put on a public access Xenix BBS that you can't readily find?
- (I'm talking *normal* usage here, obviously there are things that can be
- found for Unix and not for Xenix, but under normal conditions)
- Elm? Smail? Nope, they're both readily available all over the net, as is a
- TON of other pd stuff - all Xenix ready.
- I'm not talking about hacking on it long enough - as you put it -
- but rather finding it out there already ported (not hacked) to Xenix?
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