Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 23:07:34 +0300 From: Yoav Cohen-Sivan <ycs@netvision.net.il> To: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle and Linux Message-ID: <35F58E86.EB6ABE7@netvision.net.il> References: <199809081815.OAA02209@pechter.dyn.ml.org> <199809082013.NAA00438@dingo.cdrom.com> <19980908143112.A17826@verinet.com>
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allen campbell wrote: > > > > Been there, done that. Do this even if you don't want it. You > can bet they are watching the numbers. > That would be a big mistake. Flood them with thousands of phoney requests, get them to commit megabucks in the Freenix space. Then, when they release the product, say: "Um, sorry... we just wanted you to port, we don't really need it." Having only 50 people buy it, after thousands clamored, will reach one goal only: you can bet Oracle will drop out of the Freenix scene for the next ten years. Not to mention them telling other companies what a waste of resources it was. Let true market forces work. No need to cheat someone into a port, when there is no real demand for it, just so we can say: "Look, we have ten gazillion apps..." > One administrator who recognizes the potential of Linux is worth > several ordinary admins, and one FreeBSD admin is worth at least > three or four typical Linux guys. :) Jordan wrote a really nice editorial for freshmeat.net, about a month ago, on this topic. Why do Linux and FreeBSD advocates hate each other so much? We are in this together. Yoav > Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the > allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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