Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:17:09 -0500 (EST) From: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu> To: Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: InformationWeek Proposal, revised Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0001311015530.24475-100000@sun17pg2.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000131091404.A852@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su>
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Alex Kapranoff wrote: > I think it would be good to mention that FreeBSD is very good at running linux > binaries (or closed-source apps, whatever fits) via its linuxolator (sounds bad > for this type of article, but emulator sounds as if it slows ever'thing down, > so this needs polishing). I heard that some well-known UK ISP is running linux > quake-servers on FreeBSD as it does increase stability. Unfortunately I don't > remember the name :( freebsd-advocacy archives should do. > > This can finish the paragraph: > "So the range of FreeBSD software even widens with those commercial > applications which are sold(?) for Linux but work even better on FreeBSD". I almost added this orginally (nearly word for word) but stopped. Nowhere else is the evil "L" word used :) I am hoping to make FreeBSD stand on its own. Besides, we all know what advertising emulation did to OS/2. Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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