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Date:      Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:50:53 +0000
From:      Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Let's nail some things down.
Message-ID:  <3638569D.C8231092@ukonline.co.uk>
References:  <36375E2B.7FB07828@softweyr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810281108590.782-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <19981029101428.B25247@freebie.lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, 28 October 1998 at 11:15:10 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> > We will have two logos. "Works with" and "Designed for". Do we
> > agree?
> 
> No.  Well, yes, in principle, but I haven't thought about it enough.
> I'm not overly happy with the exact wording "designed for", but I
> can't think of anything better at the moment.  I think this is a point
> that we can bounce around a bit.  Also, I'm not sure that three
> wouldn't be better, as discussed.
> 
> > The test for "Works with" should be a simple "can it run under some sort
> > of emulation?" (E.G acroread)
> 
> OK.
> 
> > The test for "Designed for" should be "can we build it from source?"
> > or "did the developer build FreeBSD native
> > binaries?". (E.G. netscape and all source available ports)
> 
> Maybe.  I'm certainly expecting native FreeBSD binaries to be the
> predominant case.
> 
> > Do the above statements seem reasonable? If so, let's set them in
> > stone so we can reduce the number of degrees of freedom in this
> > problem and work toward a solution.
> 
> It's too early to cast them in stone.  In addition, we haven't looked
> at the third category, the "not FreeBSD, but vendor supplies
> installation aids for FreeBSD users".
> 
> > I think Wes' concerns about "giant infrastructure" are valid. I
> > think the KISS principle should apply. Do we agree?
> 
> Yes, finally :-)
> 
> Greg


When the end user aquires the software/hardware, labels and all, how
do they know what the label really means? Is there going to be some
sort of brief description of the 2(3?) labels, or an expansion saying
something like .... 

<img>designed for FreeBSD</img> 
<txt>this product has been designed since conception for use with
FreeBSD</txt>

type of thing?


Just a thought,

CR


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