From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 1 00:09:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA18157 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 00:09:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA18138 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 00:09:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA01464; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:34:03 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712010804.SAA01464@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mark Mayo cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Jacques Vidrine , Alex , "hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Out of Box experience (Was: Re: How is selection made of what goes into CDrom?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 01 Dec 1997 02:02:26 CDT." <19971201020226.10663@vmunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 18:34:03 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Has anyone ever looked into the QNX micro-gui (or whatever they call it > these days) stuff?? Yes. I regularly give copies of the IAT to people that want a single-disk web browsing solution. It rocks. But... > I wonder if QNX would *ever* consider donating the tools to FreeBSD > in return for a "QNX ad" at the start up of the install? I doubt > it, but they are less and less "competition" all the time. Sure. But someone in the company is going to say "We spent a lot of money developing this. Why should we give it away?" > I know > someone who works there, I'll give him a call and run the idea by him. > At the very least, I'm going to see how much they charge, and if > they have a royalty free license, which I'm sure they do. Man it would > make such a kick-ass FreeBSD installer!! :-) I don't believe that the source for Photon is available. And it doesn't run on TVI925's. 8) mike