On Saturday 12 January 2002 00:06, Larry Price wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Robert M. Solovay wrote: > > What does ABI mean/stand for? > > Application Binary Interface > > The common protocol and structure by which applications and their > interfaces are defined. > > Mark thinks having a single standard one is a good thing, myself I > tend toward the idea that monocultures should be avoided and that a > single common standard will make it possible for a common > vulnerability to cause widespread damage, vive la difference.
Curiously, I agree that monocultures are to be avoided. We need the BSDs, OS X, BeOs clones, even WinXX (in much smaller numbers) to be part of the natural OS world. But, I also want proprietary companies to be able to sustain themselves, for a while, in the Linux world. And, for that, I think a period where Linux has a common ABI they could deliver to would help them to explore the Linux commercial space. > larry-is-somewhat-more-opinionated-than-google'ly yours, > larry > > http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, > Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to > serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but > learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) > http://allie.office.efn.org/phpwiki/index.php?OregonPublicNetworking
