Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:36:54 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenOffice for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011206223654.B15946@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20011206090544.A45277@hub.freebsd.org>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:05:45AM -0800 References: <4.2.2.20011124073531.00a63b30@mailhost.dcfinc.com> <3C02BB76.8030209@umc.com.ua> <20011126222200.A9228@freeway.dcfinc.com> <20011206090544.A45277@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:05:45AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > If you have you should know how hard bringing a huge piece of > software up on a new platform can be [when the original > developers either (1) over engineered the building, or (2) gave > no forethought to the build system]. Well, I have moved a project that was something like 700K lines of code from a Pyramid 9000 series 4.3-BSD box to Interactive UNIX (SysVr3). It took about 6 weeks. So, I'd say I might have at least a clue. Of course, I had a hand in the design of the thing in the first place, and portability was one of the design goals. That port was the proof-of-concept. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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