static vs dynamic linking

From: James Autry (j.m.autry_at_Austin.rr.com)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:22:05 GMT

What is the best way to build a C non-open source app ( due to proprietary
info contained therein) that can be used across SUSE and RED HAT. I had
heard that statically linking the system libraries gives some assurances,
then I heard that installing the dynamically linking and installing the lib
with the app is another way. How is this normally handled?