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Migrate Win32 C/C++ Applications to Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the fun-crafts-for-a-rainy-day dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This series of articles helps you migrate your Win32 C/C++ applications to Linux on POWER. Win32 C/C++ Apps to Linux Part-1 of this series covers the Win32 APIs mapping to Linux on POWER regarding the initialization and termination, process, thread, and shared memory services. Win32 C/C++ Apps to Linux Part-2 illustrates how to map Win32 to Linux with respect to mutex application program interfaces (APIs)."

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  1. Portable code by OneArmedMan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was thinking about this today. everyone complains that there isnt *Insert Random Program HERE* available for Linux, isnt part of the problem that most code being written isnt portable? eg its too dependant on specific libraries.

    I cant write code myself, so obviously there is a lot that i dont know. But is it really that hard to write code that is portable?

    Thoughts , Ideas?

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  2. Tell that to Oracle by mangu · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Well, there are some companies that do sell software for Linux and get a profit from that. But they must make some adaptations to their business models. It's not that Linux users don't want to pay for software, the problem is that Linux users are used to test their software before buying. With free software one can download lots of programs just for testing and settle on the one that's best suited for the purpose. With commercial business software, one usually goes through a much longer evaluation program before buying, because there's no turning back once the purchase is done. So, if you want to get a profit from Linux software, be prepared to offer much better demos than the usual crippleware.


    And source code delivery has nothing to do with it being commercial or free, in either the "beer" or "speech" sense. When the software is important enough, having the source code is an absolute necessity which every system administrator will insist upon. There's a disturbing meme going through the industry that "COTS" (commercial, off-the-shelf) software can be sold without source code. That's bullshit. When your company's business is totally dependent on a system, you must have access to the source code, no matter what the licence is.