Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:16:09 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <3635C799.A1998CDE@softweyr.com> References: <19981027131745.M20920@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981026231058.009a5ee0@genesis.ispace.com> <36356495.662FBE13@softweyr.com> <19981027164929.T20920@freebie.lemis.com>
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Wes Peters wrote:
> 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.
Greg Lehey replied:
% Or even those we don't emulate so well :-)
As long as the app works well, I guess it doesn't matter, huh? ;^)
> 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.
I'm glad you think so. I'd mentioned this idea a couple of times
before, in this mailing list, and nobody even bothered to tell me
I'm stupid, let alone agree. I was beginning to feel like I was
shouting into a vacuum.
I think this is an excellent way to piggy-back on the Linux movement,
and to make a number of companies more aware of FreeBSD. And to think
they get all this... for free!
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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