DO> Mike Scheidler <c23mts(a)eng.delcoelect.com&gt; wrote: This talk of only supporting linux disturbs me deeply. I cannot possibly believe that anyone is seriously considering this? I use linux on my laptop and I use solaris everywhere else. I like linux, I like what it's done for the Unix community in general. What I _don't_ like about linux is when I see all these pieces of software come out that are written specifically for it without even a nod towards portability. I get _really_ annoyed when I see that someone has written a really nifty utility or tool or front-end or whatever and it's riddled through with linux-isms which end up making it difficult (if not downright impossible) to port to any other unix. A perfect example for this is some of the graphical front-ends to cdrom burning software. I end up using the command-line tools because the GUI front-ends _to_ the command line tools were written in such a way as to make it impossible to compile on any other platform without a complete rewrite. It's ironic that the underlying tools that these rely on are well-written cross-platform apps while the stupid FRONT END tools which do nothing but feed the cross-platform CLI's are not. Linux-centrism is JUST as bad as microsoft-centrism or solaris-centrism or anything-else-centrism. -- Gary F. (who cannot even begin to communicate the frustration of trying to compile the latest enlightenment snapshots on solaris, for example). -- "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it is time to pause and reflect." -- Mark Twain