Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:19:47 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No port of Opera? (Was: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 :Windows))) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000707211520.00d4a5d0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <39667888.3F79E5E9@softweyr.com> References: <54397.962948030@localhost> <Your message of "Thu, 06 Jul 2000 23:08:47 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20000706225433.0475b4d0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000707004910.046d9ab0@localhost>
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At 06:40 PM 7/7/2000, Wes Peters wrote: >> I have seen that message too; it has been up on their page for quite a long >> time now. However, I have also been in direct contact with their >> developers, who tell quite a different story. They say that, due to scarce >> development resources, they're focusing their efforts exclusively on Linux >> and expecting FreeBSD users to run the Linux version under emulation for >> the foreseeable future. > >Which presents absolutely no problems to the user of the software. Yes it does. "Defectors" who buy binaries targeted for another platform and run them under emulation will appear on the marketing radar screen as users of that other platform, making their own platform seem to have a smaller user base by comparison. And by eliminating themselves from the set of potential customers for a native port, they reduce the incentive to create one. They're undermining their own platform. Use of an emulator should be reserved for emergencies only. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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