Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:19:54 -0600 From: Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I want native FreeBSD Apps Message-ID: <19981220171954.B23828@drwho.xnet.com> In-Reply-To: <367D8618.D0925CE4@fiw.net>; from Douglas C. Garrick on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 04:19:53PM -0700 References: <367D8618.D0925CE4@fiw.net>
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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
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