On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 07:50:38PM +0300, Alex Keahan wrote: > On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 7:17 pm, Tim Robbins wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 05:43:20PM +0200, Cordula's Web wrote: > > > > > > - Numerous third-party applications for SCO and Solaris/x86 > > > > > > (e.g. backup solutions) > > > > > > > > > > Maple V for Solaris/x86. > > > > > > > > Is something wrong with Maple for Linux? (Which is up to version 9.5, > > > > looks as if.) > > > > > > No license. Gatuitously dropping backward compatibility support for > > > commercial software is rude, to say the least... Where was that old > > > Solaris/x86 HDD now?. Yuck. :-( > > > > No, it's realistic. Maintaining SVR4/i386 compatibility is not a good use > > of developer resources considering how few people use it. > > What happened to "if it ain't broken, don't axe it"? The kernel's internal interfaces change; security bugs are discovered. Someone has to keep the code up to date, and the people who end up doing the work are *not* the people who advocate keeping the code around. TimReceived on Sat Jun 26 2004 - 15:22:29 UTC
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