From: "Paul Ranson" 

That of course isn't a consequence of 'Open Source OSs', but rather to the
rather diverse range of meanings 'Unix' has.

Paul

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:9egquu4ojkaedp3qvbbhveh0ua1e8ndom0{at}4ax.com...
>
> One of the things that I like about the Open Source OS's is the
> ability to run the same app on various OS's.
>
>   ./configure
>   make
>   make install
>
> The configure step takes care of the OS differences.
>
> So I started out on Linux, switched to OpenBSD for some stuff, and
> switched to FreeBSd for other stuff.  Yet I can run the same apps on
> all three OS's.
>
>  /m
>
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 22:58:44 -0000, "Adam Flinton"
>  wrote:
>
> >I think the dam will break...however I'm still in favour of competition
so
> >go BSD.
> >
> >What I'd love to see is say 4 or 5 good OS'es for the PC. A couple of
> >proprietary & 3 or 4 free OS'es all with different capabilites
& possibly
> >licences etc. I just think it's sad that great little OS'es like BeOS &
> >possibly even OS/2 will have gone into byte heaven by then.
> >
> >
> >Adam
> >
> >"Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> >news:3ded2f3d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>
> >> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/97627_linux28.shtml
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >> Thursday, November 28, 2002
> >>
> >> German city favors Linux over Microsoft
> >>
> >> SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER NEWS SERVICES
> >>
> >> Linux software will replace programs made by Microsoft Corp. at
government
> >> offices in Schwaebisch Hall as that German city seeks to save more than
> >> $99,255 a year.
> >>
> >
>

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