Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 11:54:19 -0400 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: "Francisco Reyes" <freyes@inch.com> Cc: "chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Borland considering UNIX ports Message-ID: <199907171554.LAA07221@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:03:35 EDT." <199907171302.JAA24218@arutam.inch.com>
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> On the Unix distribution I marked Other and wrote "FreeBSD running > Linux apps) :-) I put FreeBSD in every blank space I could ;-> > Although it would be nice if they port to FreeBSD/BSD too it would be > great even if they just do the Linux as long as one can run it under >FreeBSD. To me, emulation would not be acceptable for a compiler/ide suite. I'd also rather see the generated programs be native ones. Cross- development for various platforms would be an even better goal. > Many companies, justly so, don't like the idea of too many platforms. > Support becomes more expensive. Bah! :-) Perhaps this is a justifiable concern when one is thinking about Windows and Macintosh GUI applications but Linux and FreeBSD are using the same GUI as well as very similar OS interface API's. In the six years I developed embedded x86 using Borland compilers not even *once* did I ask them for support. I believe the support issues are mostly strawmen. Having worked with Borland's management before, I also doubt they'll gain clue. Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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