From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 14 14:52:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA21288 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:52:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA21280 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:52:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA16542; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:46:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpdD16538; Sun Feb 14 22:46:04 1999 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:46:01 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Randall Hopper cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "XESS" Spreadsheet for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <19990214170045.B1363@pagesz.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The thing to do is to tell them that we'd like them to test the linux version with freebsd and just add a note to say that it is tested under linux emulation under FreeBSD.. this would give us the tool and let them know about FreeBSD. We probably don't have ht enumbers to make them make a true FreeBSD port, but I f they do a FreeBSD port and no-one buys it we are in a worse situation than if we didn't. On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Randall Hopper wrote: > The XESS Spreadsheet folks (AIS) are considering a FreeBSD version. > If anyone would also be interested in this, please forward your > interest/input onto them (info@ais.com). > > Here's the URL for the spreadsheet: > > http://www.ais.com/Xess/xess4_product_sheet.html > > Randall > > ----- Forwarded message from shannon@ais.com ----- > > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 99 11:49:38 EST > From: shannon@ais.com > Subject: XESS on FreeBSD > > Hello Randall, > > You sent: > > > I would consider your product were there a version that runs on FreeBSD > > (www.freebsd.org) as there apparently once was. However, it appears > > you currently only have a Linux version, and it depends on Linux-specific > > /proc entries such as /proc/cpuinfo /proc/version, so I can't run it > > on FreeBSD, even under Linux emulation. > > Just a datapoint > > XESS and XessLite have never been built specifically for FreeBSD. However, > we have recently gotten enough interest that we are giving the idea of > porting XESS and/or XessLite to FreeBSD. We would appreciate any input you > might have and will let you know once we make a decision. > > Thank you for your interest in XESS! > > Sincerely, > > Shannon Tostanoski > AIS Sales Admin > shannon@ais.com > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message