SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Mauro Condarelli <MC5686(a)mclink.it> writes in
xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
...[re supporting non-Linux Unix]
> If we;re going to take that stance we will have a lot less problems...
> and a lot less users.
A year or so from now, if things keep going the way they have been,
nearly all of our users will be on either Linux or some flavor of
Microsoft Windows. Linux has been the most popular Unix to run XEmacs
on[1] since 19.14.
I don't believe that's true. :-(
This is not to say that I'm in favor of dropping portable Unix
support. I'm not. It's just not as important as it used to be.
Footnotes:
[1] With regards to counts of downloads of binary kits from the FTP site.
OK, but I think most 'commercial' Unices run on 'real' multiuser
Systems or on larger clusters of workstations, while Linux for the
most part just supports one user, i.e. you might be right in turns of
the number installed versions but maybe not in terms of users.
e.g. I think I downloaded two binary kits (for Solaris) and in both
cases, the installed version was (is) used by somewhere between 50 and
100 users.
BTW. I don't want to start a Linux vs. 'commercial' Unix flameware. I
really like Linux, but most larger installations (universities or
companies) use a 'commercial' Unix.
Gunnar
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Gunnar Evermann
Natural Language Systems Group, University of Hamburg
EMail: Gunnar.Evermann(a)nats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de