Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:29:37 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: solaris is free. Message-ID: <19980812022936.A16972@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980812110325.19133O-100000@elect8>; from Nick Hibma on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 11:06:25AM %2B0200 References: <19980812014614.B16463@mooseriver.com> <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980812110325.19133O-100000@elect8>
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On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 11:06:25AM +0200, Nick Hibma wrote: > > > Note that this is only free in the sense that you can buy it > > > for a low cost from Sun. > > > > > > You don't get source. > > > > > > You don't get the ability to give copies to other people. > > > > My guess is that Sun is beginning to feel the heat from FreeBSD and > > Linux. Last time I looked very few people we running Solaris on X86. Mayby > > they are starting to worry about all those older Sparc's running NetBSD. > > To be honest, x86 SOlaris has always been a bit a forgotten child in the > Sun family. Given the speed of Solaris on x86 I'm not surprised. When I was contracting at Sun earlier this year I went around installing FreeBSD on machines that were running Solaris. Even hard core Sun people were surprised at how much faster FreeBSD ran. > Sun likes to ship complete systems they can reliably > support. Giving supports to PC weenies is not one of their favourite > hobbies. Yes, Sun is used to having decent hardware. The dirty secret in this industry is that PC manufacturers have been getting away with murder for years. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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