From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 23 21:37:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ocis.ocis.net (ocis.ocis.net [209.52.173.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4822714DC1 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:37:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fcash@bigfoot.com) Received: from laptop (dial-57.ocis.net [209.52.173.235]) by ocis.ocis.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id VAA22347 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:32:40 -0700 Message-Id: <199904240432.VAA22347@ocis.ocis.net> From: "Freddie Cash" To: chat@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:33:23 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: FreeBSD and memetics Reply-To: fcash@bigfoot.com X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > What you've missed is that FreeBSD representatives > >in fact do *not* steer users towards Linux. Where do > >you get this idea, anyway? > > For two reasons. First, by saying that FreeBSD is positioned > as a server, they chase people who are interested in UNIX > on the client desktop to Linux. > > Second, they steer DEVELOPERS who are looking to target a > UNIX platform toward Linux. Here is a direct quote from Jordan > Hubbard: > > "I urge any ISV who's just thinking of getting into the Unix market for > the first time to consider Linux as a first porting target in order to > get the maximum bang for the buck." > > Of course, once they do, their next ports are to Solaris, then SCO, > etc.... They just don't ever do FreeBSD, because FreeBSD users run their > software under emulation. Isn't this one of the reasons there weren't many native programs for OS/2? It ran windows programs better than windows. So well, in fact, that few developers wrote for OS/2. Why write for a small market (native app) when they could write for the larger market, and get the smaller one through emulation. While this is great for the short term to grab a big chunk of available applications, is it viable for the long-term? Freddie fcash@bigfoot.com ------------------------------------------------ I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message