Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:34:23 -0600 From: "Michael K. Sanders" <msanders@aros.net> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris is free. Message-ID: <199808131734.LAA03523@shell.aros.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:38:15 PDT." <199808131438.HAA24625@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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In message <199808131438.HAA24625@pau-amma.whistle.com>, David Wolfskill writes
:
>>From: Stuart Krivis <stuart@apk.net>
>
>>There _are_ some reasons for choosing [Solaris] x86.
>
>5. You have a commercial software package for which a Solaris version is
> available, but the vendor/author has shown no sign of being interested
> in porting to an OS whose source is freely available.
Only if your application doesn't work under NetBSD's emulation...
COMPAT_SVR4(8) NetBSD System Manager's Manual COMPAT_SVR4(8)
NAME
compat_svr4 - setup procedure for running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries
DESCRIPTION
NetBSD supports running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries. This code has been tested on
i386 and sparc systems. Most programs should work, but not ones that use
or depend on:
kernel internal data structures
the /proc filesystem
the pty subsystem
the ticotsord loopback rpc mechanism (nis uses this)
sound and video interfaces
threads (ttsession uses threads)
the streams administrative driver
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