Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:05:29 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opera ports to QNX but not BSD Message-ID: <20010515140528.A11778@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010515131451.00b13950@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:20:12PM -0600 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010515112511.045e75b0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010515112511.045e75b0@localhost> <20010515121629.A10144@xor.obsecurity.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010515131451.00b13950@localhost>
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--GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:20:12PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > There are so many more users of the BSDs than IBM is ever likely to > get for its "Internet appliance." So, even if IBM is helping to > finance the port, in the long run a native port to the BSDs has > greater revenue potential for Opera. Opera isn't thinking. "No, no, please don't give us your wads of money, IBM, it will be bad for our business." Right-o, Brett. > Furthermore, Wind River should be greatly concerned about this > development, because it puts their embedded BSD offerings at a > disadvantage relative to QNX. They should be howling about this > and perhaps financing a port. It seems you've confused chat@FreeBSD.org with a Wind River suggestions box. > Of course, we might have seen a BSD port much sooner had the BSDs > not made the incredibly unwise mis-step of incorporating support > for Linux binaries. By doing this rather than making a BSD API > emulator for Linux, they've guaranteed that Linux development > will come first and BSD development last. This is just one more > case where it's happened. Yeah, that would have been a smart move..then I just couldn't run Opera on FreeBSD at all. That would certainly show them. Kris P.S. Just so you know, when you turn this thread into one of your interminable rants about the mistakes FreeBSD is making and how you have all the answers about what we should be doing, I will be firmly ignoring you. --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7AZoYWry0BWjoQKURAkexAJ9WBP78aVgk5LL8EqtTHj59SQfDCACfY2kQ 5F3ORrR4CnFppdhiXUKAQ2M= =WdD6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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