From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 12 06:27:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA26829 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 06:27:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA26824 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 06:27:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id IAA19996; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:24:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id IAA17606; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:24:00 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980812082400.24443@mcs.net> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:24:00 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com Cc: Marc Slemko , Warner Losh , jbryant@unix.tfs.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris is free. References: <199808120750.BAA05604@harmony.village.org> <19980812014614.B16463@mooseriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <19980812014614.B16463@mooseriver.com>; from Josef Grosch on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 01:46:14AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 01:46:14AM -0700, Josef Grosch wrote: > 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. Frankly, FreeBSD + Afterstep on a Pentium Pro 200 makes a damn nice workstation; I prefer it over Solaris. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message