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Re: Removal of support for GCC hosted on UWIN
- To: dewar at gnat dot com
- Subject: Re: Removal of support for GCC hosted on UWIN
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- Date: 10 Jan 2001 13:15:12 -0800
- CC: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <20010110154319.39C3A34E0D@nile.gnat.com>
dewar@gnat.com writes:
> <<Ditto Interix, IMO.
> >>
>
> I strongly disagree, Interix is entirely equivalent to Win32 from a logical
> point of view, it is one of the alternative subsystems offered for use
> with the NT kernel. When using NT, the operating system consists of
> the kernel + a subsystem of your choice. Microsoft offers two possible
> subsystems, Win32, and Interix. The combination of the NT kernel and
> Interix provides a typical Unix like operating system. In no sense
> is Interix a separate unit operating on top of Win32.
However, Interix is not normally distributed with the NT kernel. So
it doesn't matter whether you consider the kernel to be the OS, or
Interix to be the OS, because you don't get both of them together than
you can't link a GPLed program with them and distribute it.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>