Hello Mike.

17 Oct 03 21:30, you wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 MT> Speaking as a Netware, DOS, OS2, 95, 98SE, W2K, and (temporarily former)
 MT> Linux-user, cross-platform compatibilty and interoperability is not a MS
 MT> vs Linux issue.

[...]

 MT> Scott has already set a good example of how OS-specific features can be
 MT> combined into a unified superset without breaking any of the individual
 MT> subsets.  The same can be done (carefully) with Linux-specific
 MT> enhancements. The trick is not to redefine existing behaviors in ways
 MT> that break the functionality of existing setups.  So every "but wait a
 MT> minute, that'll break so-and-so..." isn't an attempt to keep
the Linuxman
 MT> down to the "lowly" level of the MSman. It's just a
design objective that
 MT> has functional advantages while maintaining "our Maximus"
over "your
 MT> Maximus" and "my Maximus".

Thank you for putting it so well...


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