From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Nov 3 12:13:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA02739 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:13:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02733 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:13:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id LAA18346; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 11:46:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id LAA14270; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 11:46:45 -0800 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id MAA29738; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:46:44 -0700 Message-ID: <363F5DA4.5A56B326@softweyr.com> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 12:46:44 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Drew Baxter CC: Terry Lambert , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internet Explorer and UNIX References: <4.1.19981103140957.00b4d100@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981103141736.00b57180@genesis.ispace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Drew Baxter wrote: > > Alright, first off, no I meant IE. IE is available for (as you pointed out) > HP/UX and Solaris. My question is *why* HP/UX and Solaris? Why is it that Because that's where they can make money? Microsoft is looking to invade the CORPORATE desktop, and this includes people with Sun and HP workstations on their desk, and people with Sun and HP servers in the datacenter and an X terminal on their desk. > Netscapes Servers (I invite you to find me a version of Enterprise Server, > Directory Server 3.5+, Messaging Server 3.5+, that'll work on FreeBSD) are > only for Solaris, sometimes DEC Unix, and HP/UX.. I've seen some cases of > Netscape only releasing something for DEC UNIX and/or Solaris, and everyone > else is stuck a version back. Usually, it's Solaris, then HP/UX, then DEC, IRIX, and AIX in any order, because that's where the installed base is, and where the sales are going. > Windows NT is easy to obtain at 300 or so bucks (workstation). But if I'm > getting Netscape Servers under Netscape Free Server Software program > anyway, why not support Free Unixes? Because Netscape can't make money there? Obviously, they believe they can make more money for their efforts on Solaris, HP/UX, and other "big iron" than on "itty bitty boxes." Another reason is probably the predominance of Apache and Apache-based solutions at the low end; they have very little incentive to compete in that arena. Would you want to compete with something that is entrenched, widely recognized to be a good solution, and FREE? -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message