Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: [WAY WAY WAY OFFTOPIC]: MS Porting Office to Linux? | Date | 17 Mar 1999 00:34:04 -0800 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19990317004021.B14484@anjala.mit.edu>, Arvind Sankar <arvinds@mit.edu> wrote: >On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 07:45:20PM -0500, Mattthew D. Pitts wrote: >> Guys, most people use libc5 or glibc 2.0.x if they've installed from a >> distribution. I'm running Redhat 5.0, which uses glibc 2.0.5, so if Star >> Office installs a newer glibc, no big deal. It's when people are at the >> leading edge that these kind of bugs "byte" them. >> > >In other words, never upgrade because some poorly written program depends on >undocumented functions and hence doesn't work with a new and better system? > >This isn't windows, its linux. We move to better things even if it breaks >things that _don't_ depend on undocumented features.
And this is different from Windows in what way?
____ david parsons \bi/ I'm sure that MS considers their incompatable upgrades \/ to be better things too.
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