hi, ok i see now. thanks for the good info here. this is good to know. charles At 04:43 PM 12/11/01 -0700, you wrote: >While the other answers to your question are, for practical >purposes, fairly accurate, as far as they go, technically, there >actually are some binary compatibility features between Unixen. >Early on, Linux got a binary compatability module, to help with >the lack of application support from various vendors at that >time. One can still find this in module form (sort of like a >driver), in /lib/modules/*/misc/iBCS.o, but it's not likely to be >used much anymore: the pendulum has now swung the other way; the >other Unixen are now providing similar modules and compatibility >features so that they can run Linux binary (compiled) programs. > >Also, Unix is a now a brand name that belongs to a standards >group (Novell donated the brand, when they owned the primary >license rights). In theory, a Linux distributor could work to >make their distribution completely Unix compliant, pay for the >testing to prove it, and get the actual Unix brand, but it would >be pointless -- a waste of money. Linux is fast becoming the >de-facto standard for Unixen, having put the weaker Unix >companies out of business, and is now even a threat to Microsoft, >by their own admission. Linux is now pushing the leading edge of >GUI innovation, and those desktop interfaces are being adopted by >the older commercial Unix companies that survive. M$ continues >to lag way behind in this and other areas. > >LCR > >On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > > When you compile a program for one os it will not run on > > another os without some tweaking or a complete recompile. For > > example the ls command for linux is a different compiled > > version than the ls command in Solaris. Shell scripts for the > > most part run on any unix/linux os with ... > > > cbowman@netdoor.com said the following on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at > > 10:36:34AM -0600: > > > > > > hi, I have a question. I had heard that it is posable to run > > > some unix programs under linux I don't know if this is true, > > > or not but, I had heard [...] > >-- >L. C. Robinson >reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid > >People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and >instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find >out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see >"CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list