From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 13:41:16 2004 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D1DB16A4CF for <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E00A43D2F for <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:41:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com ([157.226.230.209]:4268) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BC2o1-0001Cs-67; Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:40:53 -0700 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <GFNZFHFL>; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:31:00 -0700 Received: from dhcp-46-159.acuson.com ([157.226.46.159]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id HX2WYTTF; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:29:40 -0700 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:38:40 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <527FE8CB31844C41AB3334125CE75E2B02D599A9@fsrvkq02.reserves.afrc.ds.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <527FE8CB31844C41AB3334125CE75E2B02D599A9@fsrvkq02.reserves.afrc.ds.af.mil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404091338.40137.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> cc: Peters Micheal A Contr GSI/SCBN <Micheal.Peters@niagarafalls.af.mil> Subject: Re: This list. X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users <freebsd-newbies.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies>, <mailto:freebsd-newbies-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-newbies> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-newbies-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies>, <mailto:freebsd-newbies-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:41:16 -0000 On Friday 09 April 2004 01:21 pm, Peters Micheal A Contr GSI/SCBN wrote: > Why FBSD.... Don't know really. I was looking for something that was > as close to unix as possible with having to pay $10k. Even though FreeBSD is the best possible choice, Solaris is still free (as in beer) and you can pick up SparcV "pizza boxes" for around $20 on eBay. David