Linux deployment . . .

[Bob Sneidar]

>> Lest we forget, where would we be without publicly-funded software?  OS X is
>> BSD at its core, created at publicly-funded UC Berkeley.  And the first web
>> browser, Mosaic, which spawned Navigator and ultimately Mozilla's Firefox,
>> began life at the publicly-funded NCSA.
> 
> 
I think I must disagree to some extent. BSD Unix is no longer BSD, although the first renditions were. I don't believe there are any more bits and pieces of BSD in Apple's most recent offerings. 

But I think the argument about the viability of LINUX for Rev really depends on how difficult it is to cross develop for both platforms. If the compiler used for Rev is of the sort that provides a high degree of portability, then properly written link libraries should solve most of the issues. 

I don't pretend of course to be that kind of programmer, but I know enough to see (I think) that the differences between the now UNIX OS X and Linux are CONSIDERABLY less than the differences between OS X and Windows. Remember the debacle Microsoft foisted on everyone when they wrapped their windows compile of Office in an interpreter and sold it as Office Mac? 

So the question really is how MUCH more difficult is it for Runrev to develop for Linux? None of us really know, do we?

Bob