Hi,

You're against Unices ... But it is the present evolution of OSes !

Are you experienced ?

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Chambers wrote :
> Francois LE COAT wrote:
>> Lance Birch wrote :
>>> People seem to have forgotten this is a beta.
>>
>> I understand that a platform must be chosen to propose a beta version.

>> Otherwise it may be rather difficult to manage releases ... But why
>> is Windows chosen, knowing that it is the only OS that is non Unix ?
> 
> Why do you worship Unix?
> 
>> I can understand that there's much more beta testers under Windows,
> 
> You just answered your above question.
> 
>> because this system has a commercial dominant position. But this syste
m
>> is also non compatible with every others !
> 
> Excuse me, but can you take a binary compiled for Mac OS X and run it 
> under Linux?  Can you even run it under Yellow Dog Linux (compiled 
> specifically for the G5)?  Can you run a Linux x86 binary and run it 
> under Sparc Solaris?
> 
> All of these systems are incompatible with all the others.
> 
>> If another system had been chosen, it would have been the best way to
>> port to others, and to have a representative implementation.
> 
> Nobody is porting the betas to other systems, so this is a moot point. 

> Once the code base has stabilized, then the release of various ports 
> will begin.
> 
> Besides, all that is needed for a "representative implementation", woul
d 
> be a representative sample of all POV users... the majority of which ru
n 
> Windows...
> 
>> You know
>> that POSIX threads are common to really a great amount of systems, if
>> it was the point ...
> 
> Irrelevant...
> 
>> Computing farms are running Unix systems ...
> 
> ... also irrelevant...
> 
>> Windows is the worst choice to experiment a beta version.
> 
> Why?  The most users are on Windows.
> 
>> I always
>> personally ported POV starting from Linux sources anyway.
> 
> What you do or do not do has no effect on the POV-Team.
> 
>> That's why I'm speaking of the way to "promote" Windows, which
>> sounds me to be the worst choice.
> 
> They aren't "promoting" windows.  If they were to say, "POV-Ray only 
> runs on Windows because it's the best OS out there!" then that would be
 
> promoting Windows.  Instead, they're saying, "We are releasing a buggy 

> and incomplete version of POV-Ray for testing purposes only on the 
> system which most POV-Ray users operate on."  Hardly promotional 
> material, that.

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