Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 14:56:02 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: grog@lemis.com, tlambert@primenet.com, jcwells@u.washington.edu, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <4.1.19981101145424.00a62a00@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <199811011955.MAA24027@usr05.primenet.com> References: <4.1.19981030212143.00a84420@genesis.ispace.com>
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At 07:55 PM 11/1/98 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> >> I would like to see three categories: >> >> >> >> o Can be made to run with effort >> >> o Install tools, but non-native binaries >> >> o Native binaries. >> > >> >You're late on the scene, Terry. This is exactly what I suggested >> >several days ago. > >Not quite exactly what you suggested... I think I've drawn a >harder line on the limits of marketing implied by the first item. > > >> >I think that others have made a valid point, though: if we include the >> >first category, we don't give much incentive for them to take the >> >relatively small step to the second category. I think we should refer >> >to the first category in an also-ran web page, but not issue >> >certificates unless they go at least to the second category. >> >> That makes sense. It's not like it's going to kill anyone to throw >> together some install tools. After all, it's a good plug for their product >> as well to have support for FreeBSD.. > >The install tools should be thrown together *by* FreeBSD people, >and *given* to the vendor, for non-native binaries. > >Branding at all should *require* a FreeBSD "install presence". > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org Different tools are for different things though. I don't see a specific install-tool set for Windows 95 Certified materials. Sure, this is a different level because we have to deal with source issues, but there should be a similarity of some sort. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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