From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 9 22:57:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA26068 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 22:57:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.16.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA25966; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 22:57:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (kosnax-10.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.64.14]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id FAA11729; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 05:57:06 GMT Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA00342; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:57:06 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Message-Id: <199804100557.AAA00342@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:57:05 -0500 (CDT) To: brett@lariat.org Cc: grog@lemis.com, mike@smith.net.au, dshanes@personalogic.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" In-Reply-To: <199804100428.WAA09649@lariat.lariat.org> X-Mailer: Ishmail 1.3.2-971023-FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brett Glass wrote: > At 11:35 AM 4/10/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > >Tim knows about Jordan, despite his message. We've repeatedly tried > >to get them interested in BSD, but there's something at ORA that > >resists. > > It is, as usual, the "almighty dollar." ORA sees the Linux market as > larger, and therefore favors it. They once explained to me that they > had no interest in porting their Windows and NT Web server or > conferencing software to UNIX for the same reason. > > >I've just about given up with ORA. They seem to be relinquishing > >their position as the favourite UNIX publisher and chasing the NT > >crowd. > > More proof, alas, that they're chasing what they believe to be the > largest market. > > --Brett That is the name of the game in the commercial world. Frank > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message