Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:51:59 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@ontario.mooseriver.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>, Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux Message-ID: <19990323085159.A83739@ontario.mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990323091824.03f94100@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 09:24:21AM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903222254360.249-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903230009030.5750-100000@peloton.physics.mo ntana.edu> <4.2.0.32.19990323091824.03f94100@localhost>
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On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 09:24:21AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 12:23 AM 3/23/99 -0700, Brett Taylor wrote: > > >This has nothing to do w/ the emulator. If people WANT FreeBSD binaries > >then they have to ask and push and prod the author to give them to us. > > If the author has good business sense, pushing and prodding will not make > a bit of difference. He or she will nod good-naturedly and tell folks > to use the emulator. And then focus on the Linux version of the product. > > It is just not a good business proposition to release native binaries for > FreeBSD with the emulator available. There is NO benefit. Zip. Nada. None. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. OK, Brett you are real good at talking. Now its time to put your money where you mouth is. You want FreeBSD emulation for Linux? Fine, stop talking and go and write the damn thing. Hell, just come up with a spec. Its time to stop talking and start working. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.1 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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