Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:05:30 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RealPlayer G2 for Linux: Initial Report Message-ID: <38329A0A.C5124504@scc.nl> References: <199911171124.DAA73625@rah.star-gate.com>
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Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > Yes, that would be nice. It certainly helps to make FreeBSD noticed on > > the desktop playground. Hmm, it makes me wonder what the outcome was of > > the `design a FreeBSD desktop' contest Jordan organized... > > Thats somewhat of a long story . Basically the apps people rather get pay to do apps > however since there are no so many kernel positions and it is fun, hackers tend > to hack on kernel and related subsystems, linkers, compilers , etc.. everything > but apps. Ah, the same as with docs :-) It's a pity, because you can write the perfect kernel, but without apps it's basicly useless. The same holds for docs: A piece of software that is properly documented is likely to be used more than one that isn't. > Conclusion: By cultural choice the availability of applications on Unix is a joke . Luckily that's changing. With office-suits and financial packages Unix can be used in the office much more frequent than before. I think that's where the switch-over is going to happen first... > Last but not least , your work on emulation is most appreciated!! Thanks, I'll do my best. I'm sidetracked by the sigset_t change, but I hope to get on with it soon. With luck we may have a Linuxulator on the Alpha before 4.0 gets released... -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ The FreeBSD project mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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