Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 00:24:57 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Ignacio Cristerna <ignacioc@avantel.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No port of Opera? (Was: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 : Windows))) Message-ID: <20000708002457.F4034@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <FOEDJPDHEFHBAFLANPOBKEOECEAA.ignacioc@avantel.net>; from ignacioc@avantel.net on Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 08:57:59AM -0500 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000707004910.046d9ab0@localhost> <FOEDJPDHEFHBAFLANPOBKEOECEAA.ignacioc@avantel.net>
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 08:57:59AM -0500, Ignacio Cristerna wrote: > I, for one, am with Brett on this one. FreeBSD needs native ports or it will > always be a niche product in a niche market. Brett, you said it like a > prophet. I hope you are not one: I donīt want the diablito to die; I just > love it! We'd all like more native ports, no-one disagrees with that. We just see different ways of getting them. Please don't say you are "with Brett" unless you agree with his FSF-like tactics[1] as well. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect / Computer Horizons Corp - CHIMES e-mail: billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org 1. "If you don't distribute source, we'll make it so you can't distribute a binary." sounds to me an awful like "If you don't make a FreeBSD port, we'll rip out the emulation layer that allows your software to work." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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