From paulferris@linuxtoday.com  Fri Aug 27 18:17:48 1999
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:25:47 -0400
From: Paul Ferris <paulferris@linuxtoday.com>
Organization: Linux Today
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To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
Subject: Re: Linux Today: The Retreat: The Loss of the Portability Battle
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Michael Richardson wrote:

> >   Hmmm, I wonder what operating system provides a stark contrast to that
> >   limited choice and
> >   lack of portability? Do I need to say? Linux's support of hardware
> >   architectures is
> >   nothing short of record setting. I'm not even going to start listing
> >   hardware
> >   architectures, my articles are long enough as it is.
>
>   Actually, it is short of record setting.
>
>   First, it doesn't actually function stabling on a number of CPUs listed
> yet, or it isn't really "Linux", as far as application portability goes,
> just something that shares some code.
>
>   The record is still held by NetBSD.
>     http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/index.html
>
> ]      Out and about in Ottawa.    hmmm... beer.                |  firewalls  [
> ]   Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON    |net architect[
> ] mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[
> ] panic("Just another NetBSD/notebook using, kernel hacking, security guy");  [

Gotcha,

    Michael, I stand corrected, and will post a change to the article ASAP.

    Sincerely,

    Paul