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Re: Possible operating system names?

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On 9/21/16 8:25 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
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>      Hello,
>
>   Where can I get list of all common operating system names (i.e. the most common values for System.getProperty("os.name"))?
>
>   Thanks!
>
>      Best, Oliver
>
This list will necessarily be incomplete, since it is possible that Java 
will be ported to other OS's in the future.  OS's that may not even 
exist currently.

Writing OS specific code on a platform which is intended to be mostly OS 
agnostic is likely to frustrate a subset of your users that you 
neglected to account for.

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Possible operating system names? Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 08:25 -0700
  Re: Possible operating system names? mcheung63@gmail.com - 2016-09-21 11:44 -0700
    Re: Possible operating system names? Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@example.net> - 2016-09-22 11:29 +0100
      Re: Possible operating system names? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-22 19:24 -0400
  Re: Possible operating system names? Daniel Pitts <usenet@coloraura.com> - 2016-09-25 09:01 -0700

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