On 3/30/07, Juha Heinanen jh@tutpro.com wrote:
Cesc writes:
For one, in my company, we run embedded linux AND windows embedded ... but we cannot have the same proxy on both platforms, so you have to support two software units ... that is work!
why don't you ask your windows software to be ported to linux? then you would have only one platform to worry about.
-- juha
:) yes, i know, there is always two faces to a story ...
Look, the "my-work" example was just to show that being flexible and open is not bad ... of course it takes more effort; this is like all in life, pros and cons.
Basically, going back to the origins of this thread: I think we should not bluntly discard new building ways just because one of the outcomes may be a windows-based openser. Now, if all the porting needed can be done with the current makefiles ... ok then.
Cesc