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Win32 to Unix conversions

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Michael Van Canneyt
to Samuel Liddicott: Wow. This will blur the difference between windows and unix for most lay people. It may…
Samuel Liddicott wrote 7 lines
Wow. This will blur the difference between windows and unix for most lay people. It may no longer "matter" to the layman if they use linux or windows if the same applications are available on both. Perhaps this will stem the predicted flow away from windows?

Hmmm. It only works for C++ applications; all VB stuff won't work, no DAO no OLEDB etc.

Still a lot of work to do. Porting freecell isn't really hard;
porting real-life applications is another matter.

That is why Lazarus, Kassandra and maybe kylix will be better suited for portable applications.
They are built to work cross-platform from the start.

Michael.

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Samuel Liddicott
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-----Original Message----- From: ]On Behalf Of Michael Van Canneyt Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:14 AM To: Subject: RE: [lazarus] Win32 to Unix conversions That is why Lazarus, Kassandra and maybe kylix will be better suited for portable applications. They are built to work cross-platform from the start.

I agree, I was just musing on MS strategey as they seem to be releasing NT5 source to one of the companies.

But for mainstream use, how many applications need to be available in order to marginalise linux? To the ignoramous Currently linux is different and mysterious. Soon it will be "not quite as good as windows". Sad thought!

Sam

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Michael Van Canneyt
to Samuel Liddicott: I agree, I was just musing on MS strategey as they seem to be releasing NT5 source to one…
Samuel Liddicott wrote 15 lines
> -----Original Message----- > From: ]On > Behalf Of Michael Van Canneyt > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:14 AM > To: > Subject: RE: [lazarus] Win32 to Unix conversions > > That is why Lazarus, Kassandra and maybe kylix will be better suited > for portable applications. > They are built to work cross-platform from the start. I agree, I was just musing on MS strategey as they seem to be releasing NT5 source to one of the companies.

NT 5, which will never be released...

But for mainstream use, how many applications need to be available in order to marginalise linux?

You mean the opposite, I suppose ?

To the ignoramous Currently linux is different and mysterious. Soon it will be "not quite as good as windows". Sad thought!

I think that any IT professional knows the value and problems of Linux, and it is my conviction that it is there to stay...

Michael.

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Kevin Berry

Many commercial "linux users" won't even know they're using Linux. If you look at the big commercial Linux products like:
Philips TiVo (a good commercial example)
Web Pads
Web Appliances

Cheers,
Kevin.

--- Samuel Liddicott wrote 30 lines
> -----Original Message----- > From: ]On > Behalf Of Michael Van Canneyt > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:14 AM > To: > Subject: RE: [lazarus] Win32 to Unix conversions > > That is why Lazarus, Kassandra and maybe kylix will be better suited > for portable applications. > They are built to work cross-platform from the start. I agree, I was just musing on MS strategey as they seem to be releasing NT5 source to one of the companies. But for mainstream use, how many applications need to be available in order to marginalise linux? To the ignoramous Currently linux is different and mysterious. Soon it will be "not quite as good as windows". Sad thought! Sam

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Samuel Liddicott
to Shane Miller: Check these out. Pretty cool. www.bristol.com www.mainsoft.com Shane

Wow. This will blur the difference between windows and unix for most lay people.

It may no longer "matter" to the layman if they use linux or windows if the same applications are available on both.

Perhaps this will stem the predicted flow away from windows?

Sam

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-----Original Message----- From: Shane Miller Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 04:17 PM To: Subject: [lazarus] Win32 to Unix conversions Check these out. Pretty cool. www.bristol.com www.mainsoft.com Shane _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.miraclec.com/list_archives/lazarus

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