Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265034AbTFUHXV (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:23:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265083AbTFUHXV (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:23:21 -0400 Received: from mail.hometree.net ([212.34.181.120]:60584 "EHLO mail.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265034AbTFUHXU (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:23:20 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: not-for-mail From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Newsgroups: hometree.linux.kernel Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:37:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-ID: References: <063301c32c47$ddc792d0$3f00a8c0@witbe> <20030620174600.681cdf47.skraw@ithnet.com> Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.intermeta.de X-Trace: tangens.hometree.net 1056181041 6053 212.34.181.4 (21 Jun 2003 07:37:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:37:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Copyright: (C) 1996-2003 Henning Schmiedehausen X-No-Archive: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1012 Lines: 22 Stephan von Krawczynski writes: >There are "operating systems" whos' live cycle is set to 3 years by the >manufacturer. How does a long-term strategy for a company doing application Hm. Speaking of support: Most programs for Windows 95/98 still run on my WinXP desktop. Those binaries for RedHat Linux 5.1 don't even link on RHL9. Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH hps@intermeta.de +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire --- Quote of the week: "Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience." --- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/