From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 5 21:26:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA28238 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 21:26:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA28165 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 21:25:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt3-218.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.218]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id XAA27188 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:16:42 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA10600 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:24:41 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199803052324.RAA10600@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Uncle Sam, got a million bucks? In-reply-to: Message from Amancio Hasty of "Tue, 03 Mar 1998 16:14:50 PST." <199803040014.QAA01499@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 17:24:40 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Amancio Hasty writes: > > Wandering , if we can get a grant from the goverment to support the SMP > project or to support FreeBSD ? I think you'd stand a better chance with the US Gov if you sold your pitch as a free and secure replacement for Windows. NT "security" was pitched hard and only now is the true situation being realized. Problem is to replace Windows you would also have to replace Word and Excel. These days government computers are essentially Microsoft Office platforms, and Microsoft Office is essentially the OS. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message