Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:42:36 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Emulation (Was: No port of Opera?) Message-ID: <396A97AC.CEB9CBE9@mail.ptd.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000706190244.0483ad70@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706201218.04a99100@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706222258.046d9c00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000708105237.0448ca90@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000708162010.050e5da0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000709002932.04980100@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: > > At 12:17 AM 7/9/2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: > > >So the absence of Linux binary support will not necessarily mean more > >native ports, and will mean that programs that don't have native ports > >will not run. Which means fewer applications for FreeBSD. Which means > >fewer users for FreeBSD. Which means fewer native ports for FreeBSD. > >... > > Again, you appear to be intentionally misconstruing or ignoring what > I've said in earlier messages. I'm afraid that I can't take the time > to educate you about strategies and tactics if you simply can't (or > won't) get it. No, I'm not. I haven't mentioned your proposed FreeBSD emulation for Linux (if that's what you mean by ignoring your posts) because I was questioning your premise (and because it makes no sense). > >But these market forces will probably still not be strong enough to > >produce native ports. > > Yet again you ignore what I've written. If developers see a common API > and ABI which lets them develop for all of the many Linux distros AND > FreeBSD, they will jump at the chance to use it. They see one now; if they write for Linux, it will run on FreeBSD (mostly). If vendors are presented with the choice of writing for a large audience (Linux) and having a small audience (FreeBSD) be able to use the product under emulation, or writing for a small audience and having the large audience be able to run under emulation, which will they choose? If programs running under emulation are as bad as you say (not suitable for "mission-critical" uses), they would be fools to do as you suggest. If emulation is not as bad as you say, then it just doesn't matter that they now write for Linux and not FreeBSD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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