Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:12:16 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect 8 for Linux Message-ID: <4.1.19981026231058.009a5ee0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9810271433350.10188-100000@mercury.physics.a delaide.edu.au> References: <19981027131745.M20920@freebie.lemis.com>
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I get the tip of the iceberg thing. Right now Corel is experimenting by porting to Linux. If we bombard them with "Hey port it to...." then that would not be very fair to them yet. Especially if the Linux version will work under FreeBSD in emulation. That's what I got out of it, maybe I'm off? At 02:36 PM 10/27/98 +1030, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Monday, 26 October 1998 at 20:04:03 +1030, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> > Corel have announced their intention to release a free Linux-native >version of >> > WP8, which they are calling a "personal version" and promise it won't be a >> > knackered demo. See http://www.corel.com/news/1998/october/linux.htm for >the >> > press release. >> > >> > I suggest it would be a good thing for everyone who would be interested in >> > seeing this work under FreeBSD to go to >> > >> > https://livewire.corel.com/cfscripts/Feedback_forms/feedback.htm >> > >> > and submit feedback politely asking them to consider a FreeBSD native >port, or >> > to endeavour that the Linux version is runnable under emulation. >> >> Why do that? > >Because it increases the visibility of FreeBSD among people who might not have >heard about it (the Corel developers), and just might influence their thinking >towards future product decisions. > >Assume enough of a response was received that the Corel guys sat up and >thought "Wow, theres a market segment we can service", and decide to release a >native version of WP8. Are you saying that would be a bad thing? > >> The Linux version should work, and if people get the >> impression that the Linux port is just the tip of the iceberg, they >> might decide not to do it again. > >I didnt understand this bit. > >Kris > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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