Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:57:02 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux emulation != FreeBSD sale (was Re: Netscape browser) Message-ID: <36F265BE.36C1F4ED@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9903190811210.6689-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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Steve Price wrote:
>
> Linux sales = real Linux sales + sales for emulated copies
>
> I don't know the solution to this problem. I do know that
> using a Linux product under emulation doesn't do much to bolster
> interest (at least not from the company putting out the product)
> unless we get the numbers to count in our favor.
This is an excellent opportunity for some advocacy that has a chance
of doing something useful. Getting vendors of Linux apps to a) test
their products under FreeBSD linux emulation, or at least accept OUR
test results; b) advertise their products as being compatible with
FreeBSD; and c) record sales number for FreeBSD to guage the user
base would be a big plus to the FreeBSD community. This might even
eventually lead to commitments to produce FreeBSD native versions, or
at least to guarantee (and bug-fix) their code will run under the
linuxulator.
I've already gotten the vendors of Wingz (spreadsheet) to agree to
a and b, and to put whatever logo we can come up with on their Linux
download page. They are interested in tracking sales numbers, too,
but aren't going to do anything until we get them a logo and etc for
steps a and b.
So, if you're really interested in running with this, email me back
privately and I'll send you over all the archived information. And
good luck getting any artwork; I *never* manage to get past that
step.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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