Re: Portability and usage statistics (was Re: Seppuku and x_IO_error_handler() )
SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Gary D Foster <Gary.Foster(a)Corp.Sun.COM> writes in
xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
> This talk of only supporting linux disturbs me deeply. I cannot possibly
> believe that anyone is seriously considering this?
I'm not seriously considering this. End of discussion. Except, see
below ...
I tend to agree with Steve. Even on commercial platforms, I think that
more and more people use free software. How many of us really use Sun's C
compiler and not gcc ? How many of us don't use the GNU fileutils yet ? While
I use the openwin X11 server because I have special requirements for the frame
buffer, I always compile with X11R6 from the X consortium, and if one day
XFree86 runs on my SUN a newer version than the latest free one from the
OpenGroup, sure I'll install and use it. At least because I can tolerate bugs
in a piece of code I use only if I'm able to track them, correct or report
them, and see them fixed in a next release or patchlevel.
The only reason that can make me prefer a commercial product is if I
have no choice, for instance if Sun doesn't deliver enough information to make
the XFree86 developpers support the Creator3D board.
--didier