Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:50:29 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@gromit.pinpt.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on Porting Windows software to X Message-ID: <2456.842932229@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Sep 1996 09:33:42 PDT." <2.2.32.19960916163342.0091e7c8@wallace.pinpt.com>
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> Looking at a larger word processing application for windows (16bit not 32) > like Word 6, WordPerfict 6 or WordStar. What do would you all think the > difficulty level and approximate time would be required to port this app to > X if you had the full sources for the orriginal application. Well, having done that exact thing for Lotus's AmiPro word processor, I can say that it's hard. Even harder if the codebase in question is a legacy from some pure-windows shop. Were that the case, you'd almost certainly want to use a transition tool like Willows or Wind/U. That might at least hold X at arm's length while you grappled with the OS dependant bits. Jordan
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