Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:57:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, fpawlak@execpc.com, jcwells@u.washington.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980424165500.25808B-100000@keaggy.canonware.com> In-Reply-To: <199804242326.QAA04396@rah.star-gate.com>
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Amancio Hasty wrote: > Look , we *need* both short temper posters and a very calm an > reasonable posters. About six months ago, if memory does not > fail me a netscape developer attended the SF Users Meeting and > not to my surprised was full ill of ill conceived ideas about freebsd > and the reason being is that the "wild eyed crazy linux hordes" > saw an opportunity and they took it. The netscape developer > listed his main concerns and one by one we addressed them. > All except the thorny issue of proper elf support .Interestingly the > tempers ran very high when it came to freebsd elf supporting issues. > I left and I only attended the SFUG meeting which Julian's company sponsor . > The netscape developer walked away infuriated an shortly there after > the netscape browser for freebsd came into existence. > > The moral of the story? We *need* to get involved with outside companies > such as netscape. That entire interaction had _absolutely nothing_ to do with the FreeBSD port of Navigator coming into existence. Don't attribute the ranting of FreeBSD users as having had any influence in this case. Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Web: [http://www.canonware.com/~jasone] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Work phone: [(408) 774-8007] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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