From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Jul 8 11:52:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B409337BA2B; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 11:52:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA05164; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 12:52:02 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000708124338.050d4f00@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 12:51:58 -0600 To: Narvi From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: No port of Opera? (Was: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 : Windows))) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000708105432.051bd5f0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:45 AM 7/8/2000, Narvi wrote: >cc:-ing me in this thread has been needless for some time, but iirc, >jordan definately had a role in getting aplixware to freebsd.... I'm sure he did. Alas, such victories are not only hard won and expensive but also precarious. Applixware might not continue support in the future, though I certainly hope they will. To make the case for native FreeBSD development compelling, we need leverage. That's why developing FreeBSD ABI compatibility for Linux (not to mention other OSes!) is important. And this is where I'm asking Jordan to invest some effort in, and support, the development of the portable FreeBSD ABI. If he does not participate and/or discourages it, he will not have the right to claim the idea is invalid, since (after all) he will have effectively prevented it from being tested. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message