From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 14 04:46:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA06455 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 04:46:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from inter03.lion.net ([195.50.148.67]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA06450 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 04:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lucky.lion.de ([192.109.89.2]) by inter03.lion.net (Netscape Mail Server v2.0) with SMTP id AAA24767; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:44:17 +0200 Received: from willi.lion.de by lucky.lion.de (SMI-8.6/SMI-4.1) id NAA22189; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:45:50 +0200 Received: from localhost by willi.lion.de (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA00901; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:45:51 +0200 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:45:50 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christoph Haas To: Michael Bielicki Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry In-Reply-To: <19970414132007.50670@linkdesign.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Michael Bielicki wrote: > Would you add a description where FreeBSD differs from the basic BSD stuff ?? > > Would you add a description how far posix support goes ?? Added to my todo-list. I think I'm gonna post a summary by the end of the week with all suggestions that show up in my mailbox (and in my dreams at night ;-). So please, if you want to help/join the project/add comments, mail it to me, not to the list. > These are the two questions I have been asked all the time when I suggested > FreeBSD as a commercial platform. The problem is not only on the development > side but also on the sales side. As long as I cannot tell my customer that his > SCO based Oracle will run perfectly on FreeBSD and that I will be able to give > him this guarantee on paper he will not even dream about moving to FreeBSD. Hmm, maybe I'll check it out if I get hold of a copy or Oracle/SCO (I think there is something like Personal Oracle, I'll have a look at it asap). Christoph -- Christoph Haas o.tel.o GmbH | Never trust an operating UNIX Sysadmin Universitaetsstrasse 140| system you don't have the 44799 Bochum / Germany | sources for. mailto:haas@lion.de http://www.o-tel-o.de | http://www.freebsd.org