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To: Dave who wrote (63229)	11/22/2001 2:45:28 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) of 74651

I had one or thing to add: If a commercial software vendor for Linux wants to have ultimate stability, all needed libraries can be part of the installation, and be installed in the program's directory, duplicating any existing libraries. For instance, a KDE 2 based program may be installed on a computer with KDE 1, having all the KDE 2 system files in the program directory. A very good example of this is how TransGaming converts Windows games - they provide system files that will not exist already on most Linuxes: Windows system files. The only things needed from the existing installation is the Linux kernel and X-Windows (the graphics driver). This would be equivalent to having software that requires Windows XP run on Windows NT 4, with full functionality but without installing new system files. In terms on stability, this approach, that is widely used on Linux, is close to the Playstation 1 aproach. Lars.

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