Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:07:38 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, wes@softweyr.com, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990323140541.26972C-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990322221248.03ebdf10@localhost>
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > Has no one here learned from OS/2? Read my lips: emulating a > more popular platform is suicide. What part of that sentence > don't you understand? I have machines that run FreeBSD because they can emulate Linux and have all the niceness that I'm familiar with. They _would_ be Linux machines without the emulator, and there _would not_ be a FreeBSD version just because I began to pout. Real life example, not some random rant from an overzealous pseudo-coder. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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