On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Robert W. Cunningham wrote:
> "Hausheer, Geoffrey" wrote:
>
[snip]
> 2. Optimize for the slowest target platform, effectively disabling the
> application for targets more "primitive" than the selected target.
>
[snip]
> the first MS OS incapable of running on the '286 or earlier. The largest Linux
> vendor, Red Hat, still targets the '386 by default! The decision to abandon
> "primitive" platforms is never taken lightly in the PC world, hence the very
> rare occurrence of the second option. Which effectively prevents optimizing
> for the latest bleeding-edge platform.
>
[snip]
>
Redhat targets the 386 architechture because the linux kernel was written
for the 386. No linux distribution I know of runs on anything less than a
386. Redhat _is_ effectivly supporting the lowest platform that they can.
David Creswick http://braznet.com/david Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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