Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:53:12 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: jcwells@u.washington.edu Cc: grog@lemis.com, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <199810302253.PAA10713@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810281811510.7221-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> from "Jason C. Wells" at Oct 28, 98 06:16:30 pm
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> >StarOffice on CD is probably not easy to install on FreeBSD; it's the > >port that does that. If a port exists, and the manufacturer distributes > >the package on his CD-ROM, then we should give him extra credit for > >that, even if it's not a native FreeBSD port. > > Absolutely. This would fall under "Designed for". > > The communcation hangup here is in the definition of "native". Perhaps a > vendor builds a FreeBSD software product. Maybe the vendor knows nothing > of "FreeBSD Ports(tm)". I would still call this a "native port" because it > was explicitly made to run on FreeBSD without emulation. The vendor gets > the extra recognition. I would like to see three categories: o Can be made to run with effort "Runs on FreeBSD" This is the "publicity" tool, where anything that can be made to run, painfully, or as a result of a downloading install stuff from some other unknown place gets "branded". o The logo should be small to avoid real-estate concerns o Multiple logo form-factors should be available. o Install tools, but non-native binaries "FreeBSD Friendly" This is the "give the users the warm fuzzies" tool. I think it is important to give a purchase incentive to people to make the logo valuable for vendors to have on their software. If people have confidence in a rather pain-free install process, they will be more likely to shell out money for the software to run it on FreeBSD. o The logo should be small to avoid real-estate concerns o This is a true branding effort. There should be one logo, although scaling (within limits) should be at the discretion of the vendor. o Native binaries. "Designed for FreeBSD" This is the "vendor reward" tool. o The logo should be larger. o This is a true branding effort. There should be one logo, although scaling (within limits) should be at the discretion of the vendor. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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