Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:13:41 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect 8 for Linux Message-ID: <36356495.662FBE13@softweyr.com> References: <19981027131745.M20920@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981026231058.009a5ee0@genesis.ispace.com>
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Greg Lehey opined:
% The Linux version should work, and if people get the
% impression that the Linux port is just the tip of the iceberg, they
% might decide not to do it again.
Kris Kennaway wrote:
# I didnt understand this bit.
Drew Baxter wrote:
>
> I get the tip of the iceberg thing. Right now Corel is experimenting by
> porting to Linux. If we bombard them with "Hey port it to...." then that
> would not be very fair to them yet. Especially if the Linux version will
> work under FreeBSD in emulation.
Not to mention the support hours, etc., required to support yet another
UNIX version. Remember, this is what scares many software vendors away
from UNIX in the first place.
I'd like to point out this is yet another opportunity for a home-grown,
"Works with FreeBSD" branding program where WE do all the work and the
vendors get to stick things on their web pages and software because
WE said they work with FreeBSD.
It's a simple idea, really. We find application XXX, developed for
Linux, or SCO, or any other operating system we emulate well. Several
different people, with different hardware, test it on FreeBSD x.y. If
the general consensus is that it's useful and relatively bugfree vis-
a-vis FreeBSD x.y, we put this info on a web page. We then contact
the vendor and tell them "We've tested this and it works well with
FreeBSD under emulation. If you put this logo, with a link to our
web page reporting our testing, on your web site, we'll put a link
to your web site in our commercial vendors page. We'll also list your
initial compatibility in a column in Daemon News, and give you ad space
there as well." We're offering them free advertising and a one-million-
strong user base in return for no work and a compatibility logo.
I'm up for testing Corel; can we get a logo designed? I don't think
we need a lot of formal setup for this, perhaps just someone who can
maintain the web page.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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