Re: Regarding the ULTRIX and OSF1 compats

On 2019-03-16 09:45, Maxime Villard wrote:
> Le 16/03/2019 à 06:23, John Nemeth a écrit :
>> On Mar 15, 10:31pm, Michael Kronsteiner wrote:
>> }
>> } i have this discussion today aswell... considering 64/32bit machines.
>> } if you want ultrix, install ultrix. if you want osf1/dec unix/tru64
>> } install that. being able to run ummm.... nearly 20 year old binaries...
>> } well. if thats what you want be prepared for a ride. i never ran
>> } "foreign" binaries on a BSD. and i often compile myself even on more
>> } "user friendly" systems.
>>
>>       By any chance, have you seen our About page:
>> http://www.netbsd.org/about/ ?  The second paragraph reads thus:
>>
>> -----
>> One of the primary focuses of the NetBSD project has been to make
>> the base OS highly portable. This has resulted in NetBSD being
>> ported to a large number of hardware platforms. NetBSD is also
>> interoperable, implementing many standard APIs and network protocols,
>> and emulating many other systems' ABIs.
>> -----
>>
>> Emulating other systems is fundamental to what NetBSD is about.
> 
> This is a really simplistic answer. It is not difficult to see that our
> website does not reflect reality at all.

So, what is the reality then, in your opinion?

   Johnny

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