Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 19:41:57 +0100 (MET) From: sos@FreeBSD.ORG To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quake's out, where's that Linux ELF emulation? Message-ID: <199602281841.TAA00810@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <2596.825529991@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Feb 28, 96 09:53:11 am
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In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who wrote:
>
> > protest of not providing a FreeBSD port. This may or may not work
> > but for sure the current strategy is not working .
>
> I wasn't aware that a current strategy with regard to ID themselves
> was needed. Again, no reason to hold anyone at gunpoint, threatening
> to take their FTP site away if they don't play ball (something that
> would hurt us [WC] a lot more than it hurt them), All those that
> really, truly care about this have to do is work on the Linux
> emulation code and they'll get ALL of ID's products, past and future,
> for free. That seems like a very effective strategy and one that
> removes our reliance upon a vendor who has already shown themselves to
> be somewhat hostile.
Amen !
> > Don't mind me my old Puerto Rican blood well is boiling
> > and you ought to hear the keyboard and I am amazed I that have
> > not pop a key!
>
> :-)
>
> Nothing wrong with boiling blood, me old son, just don't let it impair
> your strategic thinking! This is not a scenario where repeated blows
> with blunt objects is going to achieve the results you desire, rather
> think of it more like a game of chess. They make their move, you make
> yours, always calculating for maximum advantage a few moves further in
> the game. NetBSD is already doing much of the work, so it's not even
> like we're faced with doing the task from scratch.
We just need the ELF loader, most if not all of the rest is allready
there.
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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