From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 13 07:40:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05776 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:40:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05770 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:40:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id HAA24625 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:38:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:38:15 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199808131438.HAA24625@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris is free. In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:38:51 -0400 (EDT) >From: Stuart Krivis >There _are_ some reasons for choosing [Solaris] x86. >1. You run Solaris SPARC and want a uniform environment. (Well, speaking from a sysadmin perspective, it's not at all clear to me that mixing Solaris x86 & Solaris SPARC yields an environment I'd characterize as "uniform".... That's just my perspective, though....) >2. You rely on SMP.... >3. You need a name-brand solution to sell to the bosses or customers. >4. You need someone to blame when things go wrong. :-)... 5. You have a commercial software package for which a Solaris version is available, but the vendor/author has shown no sign of being interested in porting to an OS whose source is freely available. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message