From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 20 15:20:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA04385 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:20:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from drwho.xnet.com (drwho.xnet.com [205.243.140.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA04336 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:19:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drwho@drwho.xnet.com) Received: (from drwho@localhost) by drwho.xnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA23854 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:19:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from drwho) Message-ID: <19981220171954.B23828@drwho.xnet.com> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:19:54 -0600 From: Michael Maxwell To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I want native FreeBSD Apps Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <367D8618.D0925CE4@fiw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <367D8618.D0925CE4@fiw.net>; from Douglas C. Garrick on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 04:19:53PM -0700 X-Useless-Header: http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 04:19:53PM -0700, Douglas C. Garrick wrote: > I think that FreeBSD is the ultimate desktop OS. It is, but we don't want it to go the direction of Linux and have it become a *primarily* desktop OS... > My real question is however, "What does it take to get application > software vendors to start writing 'native' FreeBSD apps?". I just You have to keep pestering them. Start a petition. Someone did this recently regarding Intuit's QuickBooks, and they were successful in getting them to agree to a port. Similar things have happened with ApplixWare and Oracle. Still other software packages are looking good, such as WordPerfect and StarOffice (keep pestering them until they give in!) ---end quoted text--- -- drwho @ xnet.com, BOFH -- http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ Wunder von Microsoft I: Ich habe mal eine Testmaschine nach einer Neuinstallation rebootet. Sie blieb aber mit "No processors found" stehen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message