macromedia plug-ins

[Julian Opificius]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:33:18 +1000
Greg Hamilton <gregh@object-craft.com.au> wrote:

> They could distribute it as a binary as they already do for x86 Linux, 
> probably just a matter of recompiling. gcc can cross-compile, they 
> wouldn't even need a PPC Linux box to do it.
> 
> My guess is they just don't give a shit.
> 
> > I suspect the reason that Macromedia aren't publishing a PPC Linux 
> > player is
> > that they'd have to dish out the source.
> >
> > But again, I'm not an authority, and my opinions on the subject are not
> > well-informed.
> >
> > -- 
> > j.

Are the various versions of Macintosh sufficiently similar that a single
binary would do it? I know that such is the case with Intel machines,
but I didn't know about Macs. My comment about source code distribution
was based on a presumption that they were not similar enough to permit
distribution of a single binary.

-- 
j.