From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 12 19:04:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA20299 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:04:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20294 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:04:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA21212; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:33:27 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199808130203.LAA21212@cain.gsoft.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: chris/reman cc: Nick Hibma , Josef Grosch , FreeBSD hackers mailing list Subject: Re: solaris is free. In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:41:21 +1000." <35D1A991.26389012@student.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:33:27 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Thats funny, because the uni. where I am at (UNSW, Sydney) the comp sci labs > originally running (and still is) a mix of decstations and labtams running Su > 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 chea > workstations and stuck linux or freebsd on them, but what can you do when you > 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) At least when your uni decided to upgrade to SOlaris they bought new hardware! When I was at uni (a few months ago) they where running Solaris on Sparc 10's :( They got 2 E450's just as I left tho.. bastards ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message