From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 6 17:12:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A996A156F9; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:12:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01845; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:06:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908070006.RAA01845@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Donald Burr Cc: Doug , john_wilson100@excite.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Please support FreeBSD 3.x as host OS] In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Aug 1999 16:58:08 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 17:06:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > [ Moving this to -advocacy, since this is more an appropriate topic for > them. Please direct your replies to -advocacy. ] > > I wonder if VMware will have a booth at LinuxWorld Expo? Perhaps it would > behoove anyone who happens to be in the area to drop by and have a talk > with the folks at the VMware booth (if they have one) about a FreeBSD > port. E-mail is great, but there is something different about a > face-to-face encounter that might lend more weight to the "let's port > VMware to FreeBSD" argument. I for one am planning to do just that > (assuming they have a booth, of course :) ) This would be a good idea, yes. > Mayhaps it would also help out if the great jkh would also pay 'em a > visit... Actually, Sam Leffler works for VMWare. Jordan and Sam spoke at some length this time last year; there is no need to convince the tech people there of the goodness of a BSD port - what's needed is customer presence. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message