Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 12:00:49 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mallison@konnections.com (mike allison) Cc: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, scrappy@hub.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Commercial, Non-Hacker CD Distribution - A thought Message-ID: <199704200230.MAA02391@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <335A73EF.7CEC3527@konnections.com> from mike allison at "Apr 20, 97 12:52:15 pm"
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mike allison stands accused of saying: > Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > > > Why is a BSD-specific port so important? > > Because there are some fundamental differences with what will run on BSD > and what will run on Linux when the dust settles. Well, gee and I and all the other people that have worked to get SO happening on FreeBSD are just so so impressed with your confidence in our abiltities to make it work. The Linux ABI emulation has progressed, and the linux_lib port has eveolved specifically to _ensure_ that valuable commercial applications will work. If you think that we are blind to the need for this, then you are more incredibly stupid than I had ever imagined. Please, cut it with the fantasizing in public. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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