gEDA-dev: FYI: windows build attempt from s.e.design

[Bob Paddock]

On Tuesday 29 May 2007 14:40, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:
> On 5/29/07, DJ Delorie <dj at delorie.com> wrote:
> >
> > I wish we (me included) could be more helpful to people trying to
> > build our stuff on windows.
> 
> Now that Sun will release new versions of Java under GPL, it would be
> the perfect time to start porting efforts.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6279947776.html

"A startup in Alameda, Calif. plans to release a kind of holy software grail the third or fourth week of June.
 Lina said its dual-licensed Lina virtual Linux machine will run more or less normal Linux applications under Windows, 
Mac, or Linux, with a look and feel native to each. 

The concept recalls Java, which has long promised "write once, run anywhere" compatibility.  As with Java, Lina users
will first install a VM specific to their platform, after which they can run binaries compiled not for their particular OS, 
but for the VM, which aims to hide OS-specific characteristics from the application..."

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