Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:40:35 +0100 From: Christopher Raven <gurab@lineone.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: Linux] (Corel Apps) Message-ID: <355C8C23.7AC9A585@lineone.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6238E2E3617F30F02C2574BE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I use Corel Office Pro here on a Win NT 4.0 machine, so I wrote to Corel regarding porting it to FreeBSD as apparantly have a whole load of others :) The basic reply is apparantly what numbers are we dealing with here, so what numbesr are we dealing with? Has anyone made any progress with this? Chris R. --------------6238E2E3617F30F02C2574BE Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Envelope-Sender: brad@sdcorp.com Return-Path: <brad@sdcorp.com> Received: from www.sdcorp.com (www.sdcorp.com [192.41.83.210]) by boober.lineone.net (8.8.5/8.8.0) with SMTP id BAA20379 for <gurab@lineone.net>; Fri, 15 May 1998 01:54:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from alexis.sdcorp.com by www.sdcorp.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA29577; Thu, 14 May 1998 18:57:01 -0600 Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Thu, 14 May 1998 18:51:06 -0600 Message-ID: <01BD7F69.407D77A0.brad@sdcorp.com> From: Brad Caldwell <brad@sdcorp.com> To: "'gurab@lineone.net'" <gurab@lineone.net> Subject: RE: Fwd: Linux Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 18:51:04 -0600 Organization: SDC X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Christopher, Thanks for your interest in Corel applications on FreeBSD. We are continually evaluating new platforms of UNIX and we do consider FreeBSD for each new product release. We have been unable to quantify the number of users currently using FreeBSD. If you have any data you can send to us justify a port to FreeBSD then I would welcome your assistance. We have heard from many users that FreeBSD is a stable and robust platform and we would like to service Corel customers on FreeBSD. Thanks for any data you may provide and for your comments. Best regards, Brad Caldwell Corel WordPerfect for UNIX/Linux Product Manager Phone: 801 370 9600 Fax: 801 370 9696 http://www.sdcorp.com On Thursday, May 14, 1998 11:37 AM, Kent Pierce [SMTP:KentP@corel.com] wrote: > > > > > > > > Subject: Linux > > > > Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 23:12:11 +0100 > > > > From: Christopher Raven <gurab@lineone.net> > > > > To: custserv2@corel.com > > > > > > > > Dear Sir, > > > > > > > > as a long term user of the Corel Office Professional suite, and > > also > > > a > > > > > > > > user of various UNIX and cloned platforms (including Linux), I was > > > > > > most > > > > pleased to hear of your eagerly awaited step into the free OS fray > > > > > > alongside the UNIX clone of Linux. However, I am saddened to hear > > > > rumours that no such support is to be likewise extended to the > > > FreeBSD > > > > > > > > UN*X operating system which is mine and many other users system of > > > > > > choice. At best I will have to run a Linux emulation in order to > > use > > > > > > > your office suite on my machines. The user base of FreeBSD is > > > > admittedly > > > > smaller than that of Linux yet when it is noted that FreeBSD is a > > > much > > > > > > > > younger (although much more powerful) platform this is hardly a > > > > suprise. > > > > > > > > It would be a mutually beneficial arrangement I am sure for Corel > > to > > > > > > > make available its most excellent software titles on UNIX type > > > > platforms > > > > other than just Linux, FreeBSD being a most obvious candidate in > > > this > > > > respect. > > > > > > > > I look forward to your reply on this exciting prospect. > > > > > > > > Yours Sincerely > > > > > > > > Christopher Raven > > > > email: gurab@lineone.net > > --------------6238E2E3617F30F02C2574BE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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