Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:49:29 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <19981027164929.T20920@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <36356495.662FBE13@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 11:13:41PM -0700 References: <19981027131745.M20920@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981026231058.009a5ee0@genesis.ispace.com> <36356495.662FBE13@softweyr.com>
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On Monday, 26 October 1998 at 23:13:41 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > Greg Lehey opined: >> 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. > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > # I didnt understand this bit. > > Drew Baxter wrote: >> >> 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. > > Not to mention the support hours, etc., required to support yet another > UNIX version. Remember, this is what scares many software vendors away > from UNIX in the first place. Exactly. > I'd like to point out this is yet another opportunity for a home-grown, > "Works with FreeBSD" branding program where WE do all the work and the > vendors get to stick things on their web pages and software because > WE said they work with FreeBSD. > > It's a simple idea, really. We find application XXX, developed for > Linux, or SCO, or any other operating system we emulate well. Or even those we don't emulate so well :-) > Several different people, with different hardware, test it on > FreeBSD x.y. If the general consensus is that it's useful and > relatively bugfree vis-a-vis FreeBSD x.y, we put this info on a web > page. We then contact the vendor and tell them "We've tested this > and it works well with FreeBSD under emulation. If you put this > logo, with a link to our web page reporting our testing, on your web > site, we'll put a link to your web site in our commercial vendors > page. We'll also list your initial compatibility in a column in > Daemon News, and give you ad space there as well." We're offering > them free advertising and a one-million-strong user base in return > for no work and a compatibility logo. > > I'm up for testing Corel; can we get a logo designed? I don't think > we need a lot of formal setup for this, perhaps just someone who can > maintain the web page. EXCELLENT idea! Yes, we should do this. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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