From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 13 20:21:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10241 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:21:09 -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 UAA10232 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:21:05 -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 WAA13960; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:20:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id WAA08495; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:20:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980813222024.27227@mcs.net> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:20:24 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: Alex Cc: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Marc Slemko , Warner Losh , jbryant@unix.tfs.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris is free. References: <19980812082400.24443@mcs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: ; from Alex on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 07:14:03PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 07:14:03PM -0700, Alex wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > 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. > > Ahh replace AS with KDE, and you've got a better workstation ;) I can't find KDE in the X11 ports tree....... > Anyhow, I think Solaris still has some advantages over FreeBSD, including > better SMP, and support for a better C++ compiler (nearly anything is > better than gcc 2.7.2). Still not worth 20 bucks tho ;) > > - alex > -- -- 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