On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 16:44, Kevin Gates wrote: > As I am investigating vendor support for Linux/390, I have run into a > question I cannot answer. Vendors want to know if Linux/390 emulates Intel > architecture. Apparently, when programming in C, they have to write the > application to the specific architecture and that it will not work on > non-Intel based systems. Is this an issue which can be resolved as part of > a recompile?
Properly written code just recompiles to other platforms. That means most free software is easily ported. Proprietary software is a bit more variable. It really depends if the vendor commitment (QA, porting, support) is justified by the customer base.
