From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 12 07:44:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04549 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 07:44:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tig.com.au (mail.tig.com.au [209.76.102.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA04542 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 07:44:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from z2172268@student.unsw.edu.au) Received: from student.unsw.edu.au (p39-max2.syd.ihug.com.au [207.214.7.103]) by tig.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA10620; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:43:15 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <35D1A991.26389012@student.unsw.edu.au> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:41:21 +1000 From: chris/reman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Hibma CC: Josef Grosch , FreeBSD hackers mailing list Subject: Re: solaris is free. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nick Hibma wrote: > To be honest, x86 SOlaris has always been a bit a forgotten child in the > Sun family. Sun likes to ship complete systems they can reliably > support. Giving supports to PC weenies is not one of their favourite > hobbies. Thats funny, because the uni. where I am at (UNSW, Sydney) the comp sci labs were originally running (and still is) a mix of decstations and labtams running SunOS, when they redid their workstations upstairs they bought p200's and stuck x86 SunOS on them, weird eh. Personally I would have saved the money bought cheaper workstations and stuck linux or freebsd on them, but what can you do when your only an undergrad, and your uni purchasing scheme is up $h*t creek. Then again I spose they were going for tried and tested, (insert remark about tired and bested here) regards, chris -- Christopher Day E-Mail the_reman@hotmail.com Homepage http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/1218 when the rain/when the children reign/keep your conscience in the dark melt the statues in the park - Fall On Me, REM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message