Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:49:06 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No port of Opera? (Was: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 : Windows))) Message-ID: <200007080249.VAA26069@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> of "Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:44:17 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20000706103005.00e05660@localhost>
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Brett Glass writes: > I was just in communication with the developers of Opera this morning, and > it appears that the presence of Linux emulation in FreeBSD is likely to > cost us a native port of this superior browser and e-mail client. According > to an employee of Opera software, Cutting to the bone thru all the BS this thread has generated I have a simple solution: don't download or buy Opera. And quit bitching about it. I might bother to download StarOffice one day if/when they do a native FreeBSD version. But in the meantime the compatibility issues between StarOffice and the FreeBSD Linux emulation has kept me away and will continue to keep me away until something tilts the balance causing me to *need* StarOffice. They missed the boat back when I didn't need it but would have tried it. As long as Applixware was not FreeBSD native, I stayed away. Backordered the native version shortly after it was announced. Stayed backordered for something like 16 months before it arrived. I waited. WordPerfect 8.0 wasn't a big pain under Linux emulation. I've used it a number of times (while waiting for Applixware) to write nasty letters to the fool CD "club" I'm a member of. Finally won that battle after a year when they finally diverted a human's attention to my account and actually read my letters and examined the photocopies of statements I included. I bought VirtualPC for my Macintosh specifically for the purpose of hosting Microchip's MPLAB development environment for their PIC microcontrollers. MPLAB is freeware. I will not *buy* software to run under emulation. I would not buy the Linux version of Applixware. I will not buy a Linux version of WP8. I will not buy a Linux version of Opera. Considering that Opera will not be on my FreeBSD machines then its extremely unlikely to be purchased for my Macintosh. Did I see a 68k MacPlus emulator in the ports the other day? Hmmm... Maybe I should fire that up and see if Nisus and Eudora for the Mac runs under FreeBSD now.... -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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