From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Oct 27 05:17:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA16777 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 05:17:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA16771 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 05:17:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (wes@zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA04534; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:16:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3635C799.A1998CDE@softweyr.com> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:16:09 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey CC: Drew Baxter , Kris Kennaway , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) References: <19981027131745.M20920@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981026231058.009a5ee0@genesis.ispace.com> <36356495.662FBE13@softweyr.com> <19981027164929.T20920@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > I'd like to point out this is yet another opportunity for a home-grown, > "Works with FreeBSD" branding program where WE do all the work and the > vendors get to stick things on their web pages and software because > WE said they work with FreeBSD. > > It's a simple idea, really. We find application XXX, developed for > Linux, or SCO, or any other operating system we emulate well. Greg Lehey replied: % Or even those we don't emulate so well :-) As long as the app works well, I guess it doesn't matter, huh? ;^) > Several different people, with different hardware, test it on > FreeBSD x.y. If the general consensus is that it's useful and > relatively bugfree vis-a-vis FreeBSD x.y, we put this info on a web > page. We then contact the vendor and tell them "We've tested this > and it works well with FreeBSD under emulation. If you put this > logo, with a link to our web page reporting our testing, on your web > site, we'll put a link to your web site in our commercial vendors > page. We'll also list your initial compatibility in a column in > Daemon News, and give you ad space there as well." We're offering > them free advertising and a one-million-strong user base in return > for no work and a compatibility logo. > > 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 think this is an excellent way to piggy-back on the Linux movement, and to make a number of companies more aware of FreeBSD. And to think they get all this... for free! -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message