From owner-freebsd-sparc Wed Dec 17 12:22:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA09851 for sparc-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 12:22:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from paladio.canonware.com (canonware.com [206.184.206.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA09842 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 12:22:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Received: from localhost (jasone@localhost) by paladio.canonware.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA16680; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 12:19:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 12:18:54 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Evans X-Sender: jasone@paladio Reply-To: Jason Evans To: "Robert S. Sciuk" cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freeloading FreeBSD for Free -- NOT! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Robert S. Sciuk wrote: > > 1) This project was started by a Sun employee (me), so claiming Sun > > shouldn't be involved is a bit strange. =) Actually, if I understand your > > statement, you're saying that Sun would be stupid to put effort into > > porting FreeBSD without offering an affordable system to run it on. Yes, > > that would be silly, but they're providing the goods. > > > Jason, I made no such claims. In fact, I appreciate more than I > can reasonably express what such a corporate commitment means to > this project in the long run. I am _THRILLED_ to hear that they > might be offering board level prodcuts that can be plied by s/w > developers such as myself. Moreover, I have NEVER referred to > SMCC, SME, SunSoft or any of its affiliates, partners or clients > as `stupid' -- Microsoft on the other hand ... well let's not go > there 8-). I shouldn't have used the word "stupid" here. I didn't mean to infer that you had used such a word. Sorry about the poor wording. Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Work phone: [(408) 774-8007] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison]