Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:38:01 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux emulation != FreeBSD sale (was Re: Netscape browser) Message-ID: <36F26F59.D481A0CE@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9903190811210.6689-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> <36F265BE.36C1F4ED@softweyr.com> <19990319151451.E23921@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Scott Mitchell wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 07:57:02AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> > Steve Price wrote:
> > >
> > > Linux sales = real Linux sales + sales for emulated copies
> > >
> > > I don't know the solution to this problem. I do know that
> > > using a Linux product under emulation doesn't do much to bolster
> > > interest (at least not from the company putting out the product)
> > > unless we get the numbers to count in our favor.
> >
> > 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.
>
> The logo business was discussed to death a few months back on this very
> list, as part of the 'Works with FreeBSD' branding program.....whatever
> happened to that? I recall that someone was going to take all the
> suggestions we all made and do something constructive with them. So,
> whoever that someone was, are you still out there?
>
Since Wes has done the hard work and got a vendor to agree to add a
mention for FreeBSD (nice one Wes!) we ought to get this topic
resurrected and a conclusion reached without delay.
> Cheers,
>
> Scott
>
> --
> ===========================================================================
> Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just
> <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat"
> QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach.
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
--
FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org
My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov
_______________________________________________________________
Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK
CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry
mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?36F26F59.D481A0CE>