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From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Pedro=20F.=20Giffuni?=" <giffunip@yahoo.com>
Cc: Larry Sica <lomion@mac.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: GGI (was: Project Status)
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, [iso-8859-1] Pedro F. Giffuni wrote:

>  --- Larry Sica <lomion@mac.com> ha scritto: > -----
> ...
> >
> > So the question becomes, does FreeBSD as a whole
> > want to target this
> > user audience?  Is there the collective will to make
> > that a reality?
> > If the answer is no, I would think resources are
> > best directed
> > elsewhere perhaps?
> >
> Not really, but that doesn't mean FreeBSD can't offer
> the tools to do that in a future. Right now I would
> prefer we provide more tools for the embedded market..
> ATM.. video broadcasting systems in a metro near you,
> etc .. ;)
>

seeing as there are well-maintained packages of many "desktopy"
things, obviously not everybody agrees.

> cheers,
>
>     Pedro.
>


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