From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 12 20:00:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15692 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:00:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from thelab.hub.org (nat0574.mpoweredpc.net [142.177.190.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15672; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:00:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by thelab.hub.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA06250; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:58:39 -0400 (AST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) X-Authentication-Warning: thelab.hub.org: scrappy owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:58:38 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker To: Alex Belits cc: Chuck Robey , Artur Grabowski , Tech1 , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, tech@openbsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Detailed info on Fail-safe cluster for Freebsd/unixes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Alex Belits wrote: > > You don't know the > > quality of either piece of software yet, but attitudes like that are a > > big reason that free software isn't more highly catered to by commercial > > companies. > > > > If you want native versions of things like WordPerfect, then reconsider > > making posts like this. > > If someone wants native version of things like WordPerfect, he should > encourage companies like Corel to do port that software to FreeBSD. BTW, > I have a strong suspicion that Corel will rather accept ARM port of > FreeBSD than any kind of ass-kissing. Actually, I have to quickly agree with Chuck on this...I don't personally want WordPerfect, mind you. But, I would be willing to pay for a copy of StarOffice 5.0 if it were native to FreeBSD, since it would effectively allow me to totally ditch any reliance I have on Winbloze... I wish there were a way of "convincing" commercial enterprises to port to us :( Here's a question for "those in the power and the know"...has anyone considered "contracting" a port of a commercial software package to FreeBSD? For instance, I'd love having a copy of Staroffice native to FreeBSD, and would be willing to pay for such...how many others are of the same position? How many would be willing to go so far as to pay FreeBSD, Inc to approach StarDivision as *one* entity and say "here is a cheque for X dollars to cover porting costs"? Marc G. Fournier Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message