Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:33:23 -0700 From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@bigfoot.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and memetics Message-ID: <199904240432.VAA22347@ocis.ocis.net>
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> > What you've missed is that FreeBSD representatives > >in fact do *not* steer users towards Linux. Where do > >you get this idea, anyway? > > For two reasons. First, by saying that FreeBSD is positioned > as a server, they chase people who are interested in UNIX > on the client desktop to Linux. > > Second, they steer DEVELOPERS who are looking to target a > UNIX platform toward Linux. Here is a direct quote from Jordan > Hubbard: > > "I urge any ISV who's just thinking of getting into the Unix market for > the first time to consider Linux as a first porting target in order to > get the maximum bang for the buck." > > Of course, once they do, their next ports are to Solaris, then SCO, > etc.... They just don't ever do FreeBSD, because FreeBSD users run their > software under emulation. Isn't this one of the reasons there weren't many native programs for OS/2? It ran windows programs better than windows. So well, in fact, that few developers wrote for OS/2. Why write for a small market (native app) when they could write for the larger market, and get the smaller one through emulation. While this is great for the short term to grab a big chunk of available applications, is it viable for the long-term? Freddie fcash@bigfoot.com ------------------------------------------------ I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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