Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 17:23:36 -0500 (EST) From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> To: cyber@ecst.csuchico.edu Cc: adrian@ubergeeks.com, grog@lemis.com, netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Merging Net/Free/Open-BSD together against Linux Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.05.9811291718280.6874-100000@duhnet.net> In-Reply-To: <19981129182228.29992.qmail@measles.ecst.csuchico.edu>
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On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 cyber@ecst.csuchico.edu wrote: : 1. Agree on a new API : Adjust toolchains/kernel/libs to support this API : This API would exist as a binary emulation where appropriatee. : The same API would then exist across all platforms and : binaries written on one would work on all. You sound like you're proposing an ABI, not an API. In general, all three BSDs have the same API, which is Net/2 and 4.4BSD based. So, `sounds like 86open.' Yeah, that went over well. (Their site, www.telly.org/86open/, has not been updated since November 1997.) -- -- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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