[arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

Laurie Clark-Michalek bluepeppers at archlinux.us
Mon Dec 21 12:57:03 EST 2009


2009/12/21 Angel Velásquez <angvp at archlinux.com.ve>:
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Laurie Clark-Michalek
> <bluepeppers at archlinux.us> wrote:
>>>> You cannot write an
>>>> application for windows and expect it to work on Linux.
>>
>> Java? The success of the language is based around the fact that almost
>> every computer has the runtime installed, regardless of operating
>> system. Does that not count as a global API?
>>
>> Laurie
>>
>
> Say whaaat? Java? Girl, don't take it bad, but .. NO, or you want a
> bloated and crappy OS?.
>
> --
> Angel Velásquez
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>

Hey now, lets chill it a bit, I never said it was good... just universal.

And on the anal sex point... actually, I think it'd be better for the
convocation as a whole if we dropped that analogy.

Laurie


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