Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:30:22 +0200 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: making freebsd known to the world Message-ID: <opsoh18wdd8527sy@smtp.local> In-Reply-To: <20050331123135.X37549@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEPHFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20050331123135.X37549@maren.thelosingend.net>
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:42:52 +0200 (CEST), Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein-freebsd-questions@theloosingend.net> wrote: > > * Ted Mittelstaedt [2005-03-31 01:45 -0800] >> > but why is FreeBSD never >> > listed on websites of third party applications like firefox? >> > In this directory I can't find a FreeBSD package for example. >> > >> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0.1/contrib/ >> > >> >> Have you ever built firefox? It requires about 28 ports or so that >> are not in the base FreeBSD install, at least for version 4.11, and >> that is for the native version of it. And many of these are GPL >> so you are just adding trouble for BSD users who need a system they >> can use as a base for a commercial product - the last thing they want >> to discover is their app linked into some GPL library. >> >> If the Linux distributors want to bloat their base systems for every >> 3rd party application that comes along that is fine. > > > I think you misunderstood. Noone is asking to add firefox (or any other > third-party application) to the base system. I think the OP is asking the > FreeBSD community to put some pressure on third-party vendors to make > freebsd-packages available on their websites. This way the word "FreeBSD" > would be mentioned and hopefully noticed. > > To the OP, I can only say that I might agree, but this is really up to > the > vensors if they see it profitable or otherwise advantegous to do so. > Opera > for instance, are marketing their support for FreeBSD. > > However, I stand by Ted's advice to ask this in the advocacy mailing > list. I just mailed mozilla about it, but I don't expect an answer soon. I will ask this on freebsd-advocacy also. Ronald. -- Ronald Klop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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