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OCR: xterm UW PICO(tm) 2,5 New Buffer Modified run on every single machine. The majority of authors do not even try to they simply make the source code available and leave it up to the individual to produce an executable for their particular unix variation. This has 2 notible side-effects. Firstly it make software installation more difficult as you must first compile the program before installing it. Fortunatly most authors provide "make scripts". These are the Unix equivalent of the Amiga Install scripts and tell the Make program things like_which compiler to use and where to put the finished application. The second side effect is more positive and has resulted in some of the best programs available for any platform. As the source code and not a complied product is distributed it is becomes possible for anyone to make changes or add functionality to an application. Whereas with Amiga Shareware you would have to contact the author and then wait for a new version Unix allows anyone with programming knowledge (usually C/C++) to make the changes. themselves. This new version is then either sent back to the author or released into the public domain for other people to use. Many programs which started out as a small project by one person have become huge applications supported and contributed to by hundred of people. One such example is the web server "Apache" which is the most popular web server in the world, and ^G Get Help O WriteOut X Exit Justify R Read File Where is Y Prev Pg Next Pg K Cut Text C Cur Pos U UnCut Text T To Spell