From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Jul 8 23:49: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F43A37C0DF; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 23:48:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA09168; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 00:48:48 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000709004740.049f9740@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 00:48:46 -0600 To: "David Schwartz" From: Brett Glass Subject: RE: Emulation (Was: No port of Opera?) Cc: , In-Reply-To: References: <396818F2.51CF061C@mail.ptd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:31 AM 7/9/2000, David Schwartz wrote: > If it's in fact easier to officially support the Linux version on FreeBSD, >then that will provide a great stepping stone for getting to real FreeBSD >support. Later, with a proven customer base and demonstrated interest, a >business case can be made for improving FreeBSD support. Unfortunately, David, they won't know which users are running FreeBSD, and therefore will not be able to quantify that customer base. It is therefore unlikely that their marketers will be able to make a case for the native port. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message