Re: [seul-edu] Linux DTP

[Timothy Wilson <wilson@visi.com>]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Dave Prentice wrote:

>     Adobe last year cancelled the Linux beta of FrameMaker, but they have a
> Unix version requiring Xwindows. Maybe this is a dumb question, but would
> the Unix version run on Linux?

Not likely. Most apps are not binary compatible across the different flavors
of *nix. For example, Solaris binaries won't run on Linux, AIX won't run on
HPUX, etc. I believe some Unices have software that provides some binary
compatibility, but I'm not sure which.

-Tim

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