Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:19:31 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Netscape browser Message-ID: <4.1.19990319121637.03faccf0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <36F2A00B.6715411@softweyr.com> References: <Your message of "Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:08:41 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903182359220.23743-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> <4.1.19990319083523.03f7c470@localhost>
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At 12:05 PM 3/19/99 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: >> Jordan, it's ESSENTIAL. Companies determine the amount they'll invest >> in a platform by looking at NATIVE app sales for that platform. > >Bzzzt! Wrong again! Software development companies -- remember I've >worked for several and even RAN one for a year -- care about how many >sales they can get for development dollars. It's called ROI - Return >On Investment. Which they estimate by looking at installed bases and sales of binaries compiled for specific platforms. The maximum ROI would come if the developer could use BSD-licensed code verbatim in his or her app and target both FreeBSD and Linux via the emulator. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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