Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:17:38 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Preston S. Wiley" <pwiley@cadabra.com>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, 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: <396559E2.45585B92@mail.ptd.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000706190244.0483ad70@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706201218.04a99100@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: > > At 08:02 PM 7/6/2000, Preston S. Wiley wrote: > > >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. > > The flaw in this argument is that the USERS are not the ones who have to > make the decision whether to port. It's the DEVELOPERS. And if the > developers see the Linux API as universal and therefore write to it, > it MAKES NO DIFFERENCE how many users FreeBSD has. The ports will not > happen. Period. Why does the absence of a native version, assuming the Linux version works well under emulation, matter? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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