Lxrun

• August 22, 1997: lxrun is cited as a proof of concept of cross-platform binary compatibility at the 86open conference hosted by SCO in Santa Cruz, CA.{{cite web

|url=http://www.telly.org/86open-faq

|title=86Open Frequently-Asked Questions

|accessdate=2007-12-01

|author=Evan Leibovitch

|authorlink=Evan Leibovitch

|date=December 23, 1997

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116130914/http://www.telly.org/86open-faq

|archivedate=November 16, 2007

|url-status=dead

}}

• August 29, 1997: lxrun's first mention on Usenet, in comp.unix.sco.misc.{{cite newsgroup

| title = Need binaries for linux sco support

| author = Jean-Pierre Radley

| date = 1997-08-30

| newsgroup = comp.unix.sco.misc

| url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.sco.misc/msg/b3efc2d3ae82b1f9/666077a57b5f39ee?lnk=st&q=lxrun&rnum=41#666077a57b5f39ee

| accessdate = 2007-11-30

}} Most notably, the post mentions lxrun's availability in source and binary form from the SCO Skunkware FTP site. A later post in the thread mentions contributions by various authors, both inside and outside of SCO.

• October 1, 1997: The official lxrun website is established.
• June 19, 1998: Ronald Joe Record, Michael Hopkirk, and Steven Ginzburg present a paper on lxrun at the USENIX 1998 Technical Conference in New Orleans, LA.{{cite web

|url = http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/record_html/lxrun.html

|title = Linux Emulation for SCO

|accessdate = 2007-12-01

|author = Ronald Joe Record

|author2=Michael Hopkirk |author3=Steven Ginzburg

|date = May 8, 1998

|publisher = USENIX

}}

• Mar 1, 1999: SCO announces Linux compatibility in UnixWare 7 and demonstrates lxrun at LinuxWorld Expo and Conference in San Jose, CA.{{cite newsgroup

| title = Linux, Open Source Movements Shift Spotlight Back to UNIX...

| author = Jan Tarzia

| date = 1999-03-03

| newsgroup = comp.unix.sco.announce

| url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.sco.announce/msg/cfd0513dfd99347a

| accessdate = 2007-11-30

}}

• May 12, 1999: Sun Microsystems announces support for Linux binaries on Solaris using lxrun.{{cite web

|url = http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/05/12/2155215

|title = Sun to run unmodified Linux Binaries

|accessdate = 2007-12-01

|date = 1999-05-12

|publisher = Slashdot

}}

According to the official lxrun website, as of 2003 lxrun is in "maintenance" mode, meaning that it is no longer being actively developed.{{cite web

|url = http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~steven/lxrun/

|title = LxRun - Linux Emulator

|accessdate = 2023-02-06

|author = Steven Ginzburg

|date = 2003-04-27

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151025205205/http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~steven/lxrun/

|archivedate = 2015-10-25

|url-status = dead

}} Reasons cited for the declining interest in lxrun include the wide availability of real Linux machines, and the availability of more capable emulation systems, such as SCO's Linux Kernel Personality (LKP), OpenSolaris BrandZ, and various virtual machine solutions. Newer Linux applications and host operating systems are not officially supported by lxrun.

{{Reflist}}

• {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025205205/http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~steven/lxrun/ |date=October 25, 2015 |title=Official lxrun Website }}
• {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604003434/http://www.sun.com/software/linux/compatibility/lxrun/index.xml |date=June 4, 2011 |title=Sun's lxrun Website }}
• [http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/14/lxrun.idg/ Sun's Solaris get compatible with Linux apps] (CNN, Fri 14 May 1999)
• [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060816091242178 Lxrun - why wasn't it released under the GPL?] (Pamela Jones, Groklaw, Wed 16 Aug 2006)

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