From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Mar 26 9:30:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.iwaynet.net (smtp.iwaynet.net [198.30.29.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFE9150D0 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:30:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@lojic.com) Received: from daytona (overkill.Progressive-Systems.Com [209.41.220.250]) by smtp.iwaynet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id MAA06514; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:29:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990326122654.018f8430@mailbox.iwaynet.net> X-Sender: adkins@mailbox.iwaynet.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:30:03 -0500 To: Donald Wilde From: Brian Adkins Subject: Re: Development Projects (was:Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux) Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <36FB952B.2E5E7F3C@thuntek.net> References: <199903261028.FAA00745@y.dyson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 07:09 AM 3/26/99 -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: >... >Java server and JDK native support is #3. YES, YES, YES !!! Why not have access to thousands of Java applications because they run very well on FreeBSD. It makes me *sick* to think I may have to recommend NT or Solaris because of the quality of their Java implementation, but that is the current reality - I would be professionally negilgent to do otherwise currently. >A full-featured browser and modern mail client is #4, one that doesn't >hang when the ppp is not connected. MPHO is that Netscape is not likely >to give us that, since AOL has hogtied and is now shredding them. >Mozilla is a better choice in the long run, I think. Also, Mutt just >doesn't cut it in the desktop world used to Eudora and Netscape mail >readers. > >If we can accomplish _just_ these four things with our code-project >resources, plus get a native Oracle 8 port, I think they would give us a >big boost in unit installs. Can I announce the solutions next week? ;-) >-- >Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" >Wilde Media >1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 >Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message