Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:03:15 -0500 (EST) From: Zippy <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux emulation != FreeBSD sale (was Re: Netscape browser) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903191002060.24541-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <36F265BE.36C1F4ED@softweyr.com>
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Not to get too far into the details, but maybe a 'runs on FreeBSD' logo or something like that so that vendors can help with awareness? SB On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > This is an excellent opportunity for some advocacy that has a chance > of doing something useful. Getting vendors of Linux apps to a) test > their products under FreeBSD linux emulation, or at least accept OUR > test results; b) advertise their products as being compatible with > FreeBSD; and c) record sales number for FreeBSD to guage the user > base would be a big plus to the FreeBSD community. This might even > eventually lead to commitments to produce FreeBSD native versions, or > at least to guarantee (and bug-fix) their code will run under the > linuxulator. > > I've already gotten the vendors of Wingz (spreadsheet) to agree to > a and b, and to put whatever logo we can come up with on their Linux > download page. They are interested in tracking sales numbers, too, > but aren't going to do anything until we get them a logo and etc for > steps a and b. > > So, if you're really interested in running with this, email me back > privately and I'll send you over all the archived information. And > good luck getting any artwork; I *never* manage to get past that > step. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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