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On 3 Nov 1997, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

> Linux ports usually adapts themselves to the most common OS on the
> target platform.  This way, we get emulation of the native binaries
> for free in almost no time.

> Sorry if this makes your life more complicated, but understand that
> our goal was not to make the job of emulating Linux on the SPARC an
> easy task; our goal was to have a userland up and running quickly.

And I guess this sums up better than I could have why I don't use Linux
- -- "Our goal wasn't to do things right, but to get up and running more
quickly"...

- --
				Jim Wise
				jim.wise@turner.com

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