Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 16:13:40 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: Christopher Raven <gurab@lineone.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Linux] (Corel Apps) Message-ID: <355CA1F4.AC943382@aei.ca> References: <355C8C23.7AC9A585@lineone.net>
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Hum, you should mention BSD, not only FreeBSD. Like I have read the letter from Tim: http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/freeBSD.html "I was chatting with Kirk McKusick of Berkeley fame last week, and he pointed out that once the lawsuit was settled, FreeBSD took off, and has about the same growth rate as Linux, only three years behind. He estimates that there are about 1 million FreeBSD and NetBSD users now, vs. about 7 million for Linux." So, we cannot do anything without true number. Maybe you can ask BSDi if they have number and if they are interested in corel product to. Malartre "The BSD team: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSDi" Christopher Raven wrote: > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: Fwd: Linux > Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 18:51:04 -0600 > From: Brad Caldwell <brad@sdcorp.com> > Organization: SDC > To: "'gurab@lineone.net'" <gurab@lineone.net> > > 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 > > > > -- -------------------------------------------------- malartre@aei.ca ICQ #4224434 www.aei.ca/~malartre/ FreeBSD 4 Newbies project Windows_95-B Unix FreeBSD-2.2.6 -------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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