Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 13:09:26 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: mike allison <mallison@konnections.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial, Non-Hacker CD Distribution - A thought Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970420125948.1362G-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199704200441.OAA02744@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > I think the question was DO we need a BSD specific port and the answer > > (SORRY it was just my opinion and I can't speak for the whole world > > Einstein, was Yeah, today we do...) > > ... and yet when the issue was raised perhaps a week or so ago, and > people that have actually worked with ISV's and with OS vendors > dealing with ISV's were sharing their experiences, you were where? > > After listening to their input, which was calm, reasoned and based in > some cases on direct experience with the ISV's in question, you still > claim there's a need for a BSD-specific port of an application which > is available for Linux? > > I'm sorry; I can't see how you can take such a line, except in the > context of rampant fantasy. Geez, I don't know...tell me which argument would be easier to sell: "Hi, you should run FreeBSD because of all the good commercial Linux products that will run underneath it" -or- "Hi, you should run Linux, since alot of the good commercial products run underneath it" I don't want to run Linux, but its like IBM going out with this *great* operating system (vs Windows) and trying to explain how ISVs won't port to them because they have no market, *but*, hey, we can emulate Windows enough to run all the latest MicroSloth products. Of course, what happens when Windows changes their API just so slightly that the OS/2/Windows emulator won't handle the newest code? *shrug* Marc G. Fournier Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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