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In-Reply-To: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mother.sneaker.net.au>
       "Re: LINUX emulation and uname(3)." (Oct 11, 12:31pm)
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} | If Linux software doesn't run, for any reason, then the emulator has failed.
} 
} Or the software is poorly written, relies on bugs or undocumented features.
} 

No.

If it runs under Linux it should run under the emulator.  Good emulation
is fully bug compatible.

Remember the various DOS emulators.  They emulate many bugs and undocumented
features.  When you type `VER' they respond with `MS-DOS Version 5.00',
not `FreeBSD ...'

The intent is to run software.  Without prejudice.  The emulator should
not become a software critic.


Richard