From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 19:31:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B14A1065670 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:31:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 290C38FC13 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:31:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4ml1so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.141]) by pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2008 12:31:45 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=E4csF8GCU5bZsMKLva8A:9 a=b9sbaDTJEnCoxS4pfNkA:7 a=W6cIflmuZFWMsl4f8M7JhOS3_OEA:4 a=D02SvSX6Ox4A:10 a=hMM2GHGroxMA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd4ml1so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2008 12:31:45 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id A33201701E for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:31:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:31:44 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081213113144.593bf276@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20081213200437.I44344@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081213143200.GA5026@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <18755.53118.854987.966113@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081213182336.V41178@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87skosf02b.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213184751.N41297@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87myf07xw2.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213200437.I44344@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:31:46 -0000 On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:06:39 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> under windows, but runs under - say - MacOS. > > > > In the hypothetical scenario that I would be a Mac user who is happy > > with his MacOS application, why would I want to bother with > > Microsoft at all? > > In the non-hypotethical scenario of You being windows user happy with > flash in browsers (or maybe linux - doesn't matter), why do you > bother FreeBSD users about it at all?! > > you exactly confirmed what i said > i don't see how your comment applies. giorgos addressed the 2 scenarios A. happy with os1 app, not bother with os2 B. happy with os2, but likes a os1 app so wants to have it ported or find equivalent. i think giorgos is saying that we have scenario B (while your non-hypothetical is really A) where happy fbsd user would like some other os1 app. i don't see anything wrong with that despite my personal feelings about flash. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's