From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Mar 19 13:37:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from fed-ef1.frb.gov (fed.frb.gov [132.200.32.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61764156CF for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 13:35:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org) Received: by fed-ef1.frb.gov; id QAA13143; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:35:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from m1pmdf.frb.gov(192.168.3.38) by fed.frb.gov via smap (4.1) id xmat11906; Fri, 19 Mar 99 16:33:31 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:31:19 -0500 (EST) From: Zippy Subject: Re: Linux emulation != FreeBSD sale (was Re: Netscape browser) In-reply-to: <52250.921876798@zippy.cdrom.com> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Let's get back to the purpose of my original message for a second, please. The demand is there for a Netscape browser that runs natively on FreeBSD. How do I know this? Because it's free [1], and there's no reason for FreeBSD users to use anything else at this time! Do you know any FreeBSD user who, given the choice of a native port and an emulated one, with all else being equal (version numbers, features, etc), would pick the emulated one (except for development or as an academic exercise)? I don't. That said, let's start by moving small stones. Netscape is willing to consider an OFFICIAL FreeBSD port -- they just need to hear it from us. Jordan: how's THAT for pragmatism? (To readers who may wish to respond: please do not reply to all... just reply to the group. Thanks.) SB [1] Before I get flamed for semantics violations, let me define "free". "Free" in this context means that the majority of users can download a fully-functional copy of the program without obligation of payment. On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > It's sadly not at all inconceivable to imagine that we could well end > up doing this AGAIN to some other ISV if we just blindly demanded > FreeBSD native versions in knee-jerk fashion without actually checking > to see if there's a *market* for them, and it's not enough to say that > this is the ISV's problem and not ours since we're the ones trying to > establish some credibility for ourselves - it IS our problem if the > ISV goes away again in disgust. > > That, in a mere 5000 words, is why I'm now a pragmatist. :-) > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message