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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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