From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 26 02:14:46 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id CAA12122 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 26 Jul 1995 02:14:46 -0700 Received: from minnow.render.com (render.demon.co.uk [158.152.30.118]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA12116 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 1995 02:14:41 -0700 Received: (from dfr@localhost) by minnow.render.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA06082; Wed, 26 Jul 1995 10:12:01 +0100 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 10:11:58 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: "Serge A. Babkin" cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , kelly@fsl.noaa.gov, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOOM for FreeBSD ? In-Reply-To: <199507260739.NAA06514@hq.icb.chel.su> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Serge A. Babkin wrote: > > > > > I believe the last time someone asked, the response from Id Software > > > was ``NO, NEVER.'' In all-caps, even. > > > > I think they're rather sick of being asked.. :-) > > > > My own conversations with them have been rather more polite, but I do > > understand that the circumstances that led to other ports being done > > _at all_ were very unique ones and that they have no interest in doing > > any additional "non strategic" ports. Compared to their DOS/Jaguar/3DO > > base, FreeBSD and Linux put together don't even register as a blip. > > The README file from QNX says that this port was done by QNX using > the sources they got from ID. They say that the port was done nearly in > 1 day because it was written very portable. I think QNX has signed > some NDA with ID about these sources :-( So, Jordan, why don't you approach then in the guise of FreeBSD inc. and do whatever is nescessary (short of handing them money) and do the port. I am sure you can fit it into your schedule... -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 251 4411 FAX: +44 171 251 0939