Hi Gary, Seem the right reason to do this in past ! But the problem is still there.
On Jan 2, 2008 5:33 PM, Buhrmaster, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I want to know why the sysnames for Linux platform are named > > diffrently than it is done for other platforms. > > An answer is that historically it seemed like the kernel > was going to be a good distinguisher. It turned out that > that was a poor choice (and, in fact, the Linux philosophy > of incompatible kernel/glibc changes occur differently > that for other platforms, which go out of their way > to insure stable interfaces during a "release"). > > The good news is that if you can always create and > support your own sysname taxonomy. If you can choose > one which is right for you (and that is the tough > problem). > > Gary >
