Subject: Re: how reliable is ibcs2 and linux compatibility?
To: M. Tamola <buckwild@u.washington.edu>
From: Scott Bartram <scottb@orionsoft.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/28/1995 10:12:51
M. Tamola" writes
>
>i just wanted to inquire about how the ibcs2 and linux compatibility is
>in netbsd/i386. there are a bunch of commercial packages out there that
>i might consider getting to run on my netbsd/i386-current box. can i buy
>any commercial package out there for linux or sco and run it on
>netbsd/i386?
I have personally run Informix, Builder Xcessory, and Word Perfect 6.0
Demo. The performance was as good or better than SCO on equivalent
hardware.
FYI - the 1.0 kernel requires some patches to run X programs. Let me know
if you want them.
scott
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