From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Oct 27 14:44:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04339 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:44:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04310 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:44:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA15285; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:13:53 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA25037; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:13:47 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981028091347.W20920@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:13:47 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Terry Lambert , Wes Peters Cc: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) References: <3635C799.A1998CDE@softweyr.com> <199810272218.PAA09099@usr04.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199810272218.PAA09099@usr04.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 10:18:21PM +0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 27 October 1998 at 22:18:21 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >>> I'm up for testing Corel; can we get a logo designed? I don't think >>> we need a lot of formal setup for this, perhaps just someone who can >>> maintain the web page. >> >>> EXCELLENT idea! Yes, we should do this. >> >> I'm glad you think so. I'd mentioned this idea a couple of times >> before, in this mailing list, and nobody even bothered to tell me >> I'm stupid, let alone agree. I was beginning to feel like I was >> shouting into a vacuum. > > I have an issue with the install process, and with "brandelf". I > think this should be done transparently. > > I suspect this means providing a FreeBSD installer for the product, > and trying to convince them to ship the installer with their > software (most desirable), or provide it on their site (less > desirable, since the program won't install "out of the box" > that way). Good point. This would also include documentation on how to install for FreeBSD, as well as any special things needed ("In order to run YoyoFloop on your FreeBSD system, you must have installed the Linux emulator"). But I don't think it should be a condition of certification ("Certified at class 2 for use with FreeBSD" :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message