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Date:      Sat, 31 Oct 1998 19:44:12 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux)
Message-ID:  <19981031194412.P28493@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <363ABC57.32CF8FEC@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Sat, Oct 31, 1998 at 12:29:27AM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810281811510.7221-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <199810302253.PAA10713@usr05.primenet.com> <19981031124827.F5846@freebie.lemis.com> <363A9508.88E83535@softweyr.com> <19981031153759.H28493@freebie.lemis.com> <363AB79D.3B7CC8EF@softweyr.com> <19981031175022.M28493@freebie.lemis.com> <363ABC57.32CF8FEC@softweyr.com>

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On Saturday, 31 October 1998 at  0:29:27 -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>>
>> Wes Peters wrote:
>>
>>> I guess we're moving towards a consensus here: an installer needs to
>>> exist for the product, but may be created by either the vendor or
>>> a FreeBSD contributor.  Agreed?
>>
>> Yes, if this is a criterion for the badge.  I still want an also-ran's
>> page.
>>
>
> Me too.  Let's be nice and call it a "work in progress" page.

Sure, I wasn't really going to call it "also ran".

> As was noted before, once somebody's got it working, it's not that
> much of a leap to get SOMEONE to write a port kit for it, if the
> demand for the application exists.

Agreed.  We could also have pointers to people who have had success
manually, but who haven't made a port.

Greg
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