No ... i don't want a pony ;) I just want to be able to to compile code on Solaris, Linux, one of the BSD without having to make vast adaptions (or hope that s

No ... i don't want a pony ;) I just want to be able to to compile code on Solaris, Linux, one of the BSD without having to make vast adaptions (or hope that someone else made it). It isn't even about libraries. Of course, you need libraries. It's about compliance to standards, and that Linux shouldn't invent it's own standard and instead work with the established standard bodies. Linux isn't the centre of the universe. Obviously you didn't understand the point of the article. It's not about hating Linux or GNU ... it's just about the ability to use open source software outside the Linux Community without ending to throw out all this Linuxisms and GNUisms At the end you can see it as the plea, that portability isn't just an afterthought ... and given the state of some makefiles and hard coded things in some open source developments you get the impression that it's a not-thought-about it at all. PS: I'm from the Opensolaris side of the unix universe.