[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henry Sobotka) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Wolfi wrote: > > > > could you please briefly explain to me, what the purpose/advantage of > > an emx-version is compared to the regular OS/2 version released by Mike > > Kaply? > > Probably the most important is that it ensures OS/2 users of a > state-of-the-art browser/websuite regardless of IBM budgets, decisions > etc. There's also the compiler issue: there may come a day when the > Mozilla code exceeds the capabilities of icc; for gcc, that eventuality > verges on the unthinkable. Ideologically, there's even an argument to be > made for having an open-source-compiler build of an open-source project. > Right now the biggest disadvantage of the EMX builds is the absence of > Java support, but that can likely be surmounted at some point; OTOH, > people who have compared both versions generally find the EMX faster. > Last but not least, the EMX code is the foundation of the three builds > for XFree86/2, which have a few features (e.g. MathML support) not > available in either PM version. > > h~
Thanks Henry, that gave some fundamental understanding. Wolfi
