Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 10:11:18 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: "Preston S. Wiley" <pwiley@cadabra.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Emulation (Was: No port of Opera?) Message-ID: <396752A6.ED719837@softweyr.com> References: <200007072132.OAA13600@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> > > All of this would be a waste of effort compared to writing a *BSD* emulator
> > > that would run on many platforms and get us more native ports. Making a
> > > better Linux emulator is counterproductive. The better Linux emulation is
> > > on BSD, the less likely it is that FreeBSD will get native ports of key
> > > applications.
> >
> > Without Linux compatibility, BSD wouldn't have enough of a desktop user
> > base for a company to even consider a native BSD port. The Linux
> > compatibility was created to draw in users. (i.e. BSD can do everything
> > Linux can, including run its binaries, plus this and this and this)
> > The more users BSD has, the more likely there will be a native BSD port.
>
> Given this theory, someone should be going balls-to-the-wall
> on SCO Xenix and UNIX and Solaris x86 emulations, even if the
> Linux emulation is broken in the process...
You're right, except none of the above have ANY marketing momentum at this
time. SCO UNIX and Solaris x86 compatibility would get us some kick-ass
server apps, though.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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