Lalo Martins wrote: > I > personally like E's license and don't see a good chance of a Windoze port > anyway... have anyone run X there?
I wouldn't be that pessimistic about a Windows port. Cygnus's GNU Win/32 libraries/distribution already run most of the GNU tools on Win95/NT. I attempted to compile dpkg on top of it, and there are only a few small porting issues to deal with -- I just don't have enough time to finish off the job. :-( I'd say that GNU-Win32 is past the "critical mass" point where it has implemented enough of libc (and other things) to support an entire distribution. There are a few unimplemented features - but they are only critical for a small subset of the available applications out there. It would definitely be possible to run the majority of the Debian packages on top of a GNU-Win32 base (if we had the packaging system working for it). Personally, I refrain from calling Microsoft's product "Windoze" and I generally wish them the best. Every person I've ever met who worked for Microsoft has been extremely intelligent and a heck of a salesperson (even the programmers). That being said, in the long run, Microsoft doesn't stand a chance competing against the Free Software OS's - we're just a larger, better communicating, more diverse, more anarchaic bunch of guys and gals. Besides slagging Microsoft could come back to haunt you when a certain billionaire (or two) from Seattle offers to buy your company. :-) Cheers, - Jim
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