From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 5 22:02:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA04510 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:02:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cheops.anu.edu.au (avalon@cheops.anu.edu.au [150.203.76.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA04286 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:02:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au) Message-Id: <199803060602.WAA04286@hub.freebsd.org> Received: by cheops.anu.edu.au (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA172044156; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:02:36 +1100 From: Darren Reed Subject: Re: Uncle Sam, got a million bucks? To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:02:36 +1100 (EDT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199803052324.RAA10600@nospam.hiwaay.net> from "David Kelly" at Mar 5, 98 05:24:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In some mail from David Kelly, sie said: > > 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. Hmm, thre are products, now available such as Applix and StarOffice for some unix platforms...maybe freebsd should be one of those / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message