Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:34:35 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 : Windows)) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000705120805.45558C-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20000701124530.A36442@greycat.com>
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On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Dann Lunsford wrote: > I've been thinking about the Linuxulator a bit lately (trying to get a > DVD player from Linux on my FreeBSD laptop), and the analogy in $SUBJECT > hit me. It has always seemed to me that one of the worst things that > IBM did was make the Windoze subsystem of OS/2 too good; there was no > need for anyone to produce OS/2 stuff, since OS/2 people could simply > use the Windoze version of Product X (I can recall being told *exactly* > this from >10 vendors). This despite the fact that native versions > would perform better, be able to have more features, etc. > > Now I'm worried. We all know what happened to OS/2; is there a danger > of the same thing happening to FreeBSD? I think there is. I recently > saw that Applix was considering dropping FreeBSD as a platform, in > favor of Linux only; I wrote them a polite protest, as I'm sure a lot > of you did, and was pleased to see later that Applixware-FreeBSD would > continue. However, that announcement was lukewarm, and left, in > my mind, at least, a distinct impression that they would prefer to > just concentrate on Linux. I saw precisely the same attitudes from > vendors wrt OS/2 vs Windoze. > > Now, I freely admit to being a bit paranoid; but, as the saying > goes, paranoids can have real enemies, too. > > Thoughts? The only two things that ultimately helps keep people making programs that are for freebsd are: a) the ability to do so easily b) the willingness of people to buy the freebsd version of these programs > -- > Dann Lunsford The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil > Idann@greycat.com is that men of good will do nothing. -- Cicero > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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