From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 16 17:35:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E05DF16A41F for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:35:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Received: from cheyenne.sixcompanies.com (cheyenne.sixcompanies.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79AE543D49 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:35:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Received: from dakota.sixcompanies.com (shadow.sixcompanies.com [10.43.82.173]) by cheyenne.sixcompanies.com (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAGHZJUl014843; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:35:20 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <7.0.0.16.2.20051116113548.01c768b0@wixb.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:36:26 -0600 To: Lee Capps From: "J.D. Bronson" In-Reply-To: <20051116172933.GB13489@otis.local> References: <1132111958.1410.16.camel@localhost> <6.2.5.6.2.20051115184214.00c013e8@wixb.com> <20051116172933.GB13489@otis.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solaris patches and Solaris Express X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:35:24 -0000 At 11:29 AM 11/16/2005, Lee Capps wrote: >At 18:46 Tue 15 Nov 2005, J.D. Bronson wrote: > > > I still run 1 solaris machine and thats a sparc running 9.0 ...as > > soon as the machine dies or the OS is no longer supported, the > > machine will find a nice resting spot in some city dump (or recycler) > > > >Not to start a holy war or anything, but if you're really >feeling motivated, I believe you can run netbsd or one of several >flavors of linux on that sparc. Not sure about FreeBSD. > >Regards, Yes. this is true....but from my past experience...the best things that run on SPARC are Sun based....so I didnt want to re-invent the wheel so to say :) -- J.D. Bronson Information Services Aurora Health Care - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.977.5299 -Taco Bell is *not* the Mexican Telephone Company-