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From: pug@arlut.utexas.edu (Richard P. Bainter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: DooM for NetBSD, will it become a reality?
Date: 27 Sep 1994 07:31:06 -0500
Organization: Applied Research Labs - The University of Texas at Austin
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In article <hastyCwrrJx.G1o@netcom.com>,
Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> wrote:
>>>Well, folks if you do want Doom at this point the only way to get them to
>>>even let us to do the port is to blitz ID with e-mail.
>>Gosh, now that makes a lot of sense. They won't give us what we want, so
>>let's barrage them into submission. This makes about as much sense as
>>sending a message to every newsgroup about something stupid, like a
>>Green Card Lottery.
>Wake up!!
I'm quite awake, and read the message for what it says.
>Unless we do show interest how in the hell ID is going
>to know that FreeBSD users are interested in running DOOM.
>Not that it matters anymore.
Showing interest is one thing. "blitz"ing a software company is another.
What this generally involves is annoying the company to the point of
hatred. It also seems to me that the interest should have been shown
when the company was asking for hardware to port to different OSes,
instead of after they've decided not to when there was NO interest.
>According to ID it was not a matter of numbers, David Taylor did the
>linux port just for the sheer fun of it and to learn more about
>the OS. His post was after a series of requests to port Doom or
>to have one of the FreeBSD developers port Doom.
That is what I was trying to get across. It's a matter of $$$. The
FreeBSD crowd got their software FREE. I know that there are actually
developers out there, but not all of them. As well, they can get about
anything they want off the net for FREE. Why in the world would you have
more than a handful of users pay for Doom then?
>Now you can go back to sleep and don't forget to never let
>a vendor know about FreeBSD :)
No problem. Although I'd let them know about it long before linux. *grin*
Ciao,
--
Richard Bainter Mundanely | System Analyst - OMG/CSD
Pug Generally | Applied Research Labs - U.Texas
pug@arlut.utexas.edu | pug@bga.com
Note: The views may not reflect my employers, or even my own for that matter.