Re: W32.Winux virus on Linux machines

["Ruchir Tewari" <ruchir_tewari@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

maybe so, now I use the freeware CVS which suffices (but is nowhere
as powerful as clearcase). clearcase was'nt there when I needed it
last year, when the rest of the project was using it on solaris and NT.

> Sorry, ClearCase has already been released on Linux.  Check the Rational
> site for details, or call any of their offices.

memprof is one I've used a lot - one of the few real 'tools' on linux :)
there's efence and debauch and a couple of other good ones.
they do the job most of the time but do act flaky at times.
if you know of any 'high-quality' ones on linux, lemme know.

> There are also a lot of
> memory checkers available, of high quality, right from malloc plug-ins to
> stuff which emulates Purify (can't recall the name now, but will e-mail it
> to you if I do).  And having done ClearCase, how long before the rest of 
> the
> Rational suite follows?

wrong here, g++ compiler is one of the better ones and C++ on linux
is quite strong.  some of the server software that you mentioned on linux is 
C++ based. would really appreciate good modelling software
on linux becoming available.

> Incidentally, one reason for the lack of UML modelling software on Linux is
> probably that C is a much more widely used language on Linux than C++.
> While I haven't used C++ on Linux beyond toy programs, I have heard that 
> the
> gcc implementation of C++ is not very good.
>
>  An IDE/debugger with the success of VC++ is absent on linux.  I
> > probabaly would'nt use the latter anyway, if it were available, but it
> makes
> > a big difference to the large number of application programmers who 
> could
> > potentially be writing linux apps.
> >
>
> Well, they're coming.... I believe the Gnome guys have already released a 
> VB
> workalike.  How long now before one sees wizard-generator IDEs (yechh!)?


hmm, meanwhile ... yes I know there are a lot of hacks out there. having 
tried Wine, I think it'll never quite 'get there'.
VMware rocks, but it's a waste of resources to run two OSs at once. while 
I'm quite comfortable with hacks, I wish quality desktop apps would start 
appearing on linux sooner rather than later.

having a virus hitting both windows and linux would surely be making
board rooms in several software companies sit up and take notice.
just think it's a good sign. YMMV.

best, - Ruchir


> Wine is not a port.  It is a compatibility layer which directly runs 
> Windows
> applications.  So there is no issue of production quality or otherwise - it
> is the Win app itself that runs on Wine!  Granted, Wine is still prerelease
> and so not a stable end user environment, but it's getting there. 
> Meanwhile,
> those who need to run Windows apps can use a commercial Windows emulator
> like VMWare - while I have not used it myself, I believe it is quite good.
> On StarOffice, no comments, since I have not really used it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Krishnan


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