Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:43:04 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Netscape browser Message-ID: <36F2A8C8.FC32C967@softweyr.com> References: <Your message of "Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:08:41 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903182359220.23743-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> <4.1.19990319083523.03f7c470@localhost> <4.1.19990319121637.03faccf0@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote:
>
> At 12:05 PM 3/19/99 -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
>
> >> Jordan, it's ESSENTIAL. Companies determine the amount they'll invest
> >> in a platform by looking at NATIVE app sales for that platform.
> >
> >Bzzzt! Wrong again! Software development companies -- remember I've
> >worked for several and even RAN one for a year -- care about how many
> >sales they can get for development dollars. It's called ROI - Return
> >On Investment.
>
> Which they estimate by looking at installed bases and sales of binaries
> compiled for specific platforms.
>
> The maximum ROI would come if the developer could use BSD-licensed code
> verbatim in his or her app and target both FreeBSD and Linux via the
> emulator.
Use BSD-licensed code in his or her app? We're talking about applications
here, not operating system kernels! How many APPLICATIONS do you know of
that incorporate part of the operating system into them?
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061
Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com
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