Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 03:31:15 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> Cc: Jamie Jones <jamie@host-997.news.landeg.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: Opera press release Message-ID: <20021001003114.GF1535@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020930134427.GA43060@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <200209232318.21194.jamie@host-997.news.landeg.com> <20020930134427.GA43060@nevermind.kiev.ua>
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--ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On 2002-09-30 16:44, Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:18:21PM +0100, you wrote: > > > I believe you can use the license for the FreeBSD version too :). > > > > In light of these 2 threads, I'd like to ask what the advantage of > > a FreeBSD version is (from a technical, not a PR point of view.. > > obvious its great PR news), and why Opera have decided to release > > a native FreeBSD version ? > > My point of view: > - it runs faster (about 15-20%); > - it can use native shared libs of QT, which is good becuase of > ability to do clean upgrades of QT. Add to this that the Linuxulator is something I never install, because of the huge download time involved, and you have another reason why a native port is Great News(TM). There is no need to download an extra multi-megabyte port, just to take advantage of Opera's nice features. Giorgos. --ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9mOzR1g+UGjGGA7YRAn9BAKCiecL3dwlkGQX2bX3+CbD8g0TO5wCgwqM4 v9vcQyGTjJBpdmKNA/9yFK0= =dDgC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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