Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 02 May 1997 10:58:14 -0400 | From | Randall Cone <> | Subject | Re: Dropping a.out support -Reply |
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> >> On Fri, 2 May 1997 13:39:34 +0200 (MET DST), Thomas Koenig > >> <ig25@mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de> said: > > TK> Dropping a.out support would also go a long way towards > TK> establishing that Linux is NOT a serious operating system. It > TK> would also penalize those companies who first showed trust in > TK> Linux by making their commercial software available at a time > TK> when a.out was the only recognized format. > > Would not any serious commercial vendor have a new ELF release of > there product, more than 2 years after it has been introduced?
What would be the cost in system efficiency to retain support for a.out binaries for a couple of more years?
-Randy Cone
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