Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:28:22 -0600 (CST) From: <mestery@visi.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.02.9903231425001.22095-100000@isis.visi.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990323125147.00a86a80@localhost>
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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > How do you market FreeBSD to developers? Give them what developers want: > a stable platform, good development tools, and access to as many users as > possible through a SINGLE API and ABI. > If you started reading this thread from this email on, you'd swear Brett was talking about the Linux emulator above. That is, after all, what it provides us with, correct? A single API and ABI (the Linux one) that developers can code to. I don't see how making a FreeBSD emulator for Linux is going to suddenly turn the tide of developers over our way, but I'm just a simple developr myself.:) > A FreeBSD emulator, even more so than the Java Virtual Machine (an attempt > to do the same thing but at a higher level), does this. > As does (and already IS) the Linux emulator. I get the feeling Brett is arguing the same point as everyone, the only difference being he thinks a FreeBSD emulator for Linux will suddenly make people write code for FreeBSD. I'm guessing that while it may help, it's not going to be more than a drop in the bucket. My $0.02. -- Kyle Mestery StorageTek's Storage Networking Group Protect your right to privacy: www.freecrypto.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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