Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:05:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: "Preston S. Wiley" <pwiley@cadabra.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com>, chat@FreeBSD.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Emulation (Was: No port of Opera?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061904370.30810-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007061858020.75871-100000@freebsd.tesserae.com>
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Preston S. Wiley wrote:
> > All of this would be a waste of effort compared to writing a *BSD* emulator
> > that would run on many platforms and get us more native ports. Making a
> > better Linux emulator is counterproductive. The better Linux emulation is
> > on BSD, the less likely it is that FreeBSD will get native ports of key
> > applications.
>
> Without Linux compatibility, BSD wouldn't have enough of a desktop user
> base for a company to even consider a native BSD port. The Linux
> compatibility was created to draw in users. (i.e. BSD can do everything
> Linux can, including run its binaries, plus this and this and this)
> The more users BSD has, the more likely there will be a native BSD port.
Hokay, I have no desire to be subjected to this argument another
time..Brett, if you or anyone else feel compelled to reply please remove
my name from the CC list. Thanks.
Kris
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