From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Oct 3 11:35:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07824 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:35:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07816 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:35:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (fpawlak@minbar-2-12.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.135.140]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.0) id NAA19946; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:34:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA02278; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:35:03 -0500 Message-ID: <19981003133502.D2101@execpc.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:35:02 -0500 From: Frank Pawlak To: Brett Glass Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement References: <4.1.19981002215535.040ed100@mail.lariat.org> <199810030420.OAA19288@cimlogic.com.au> <4.1.19981003103704.040e5200@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981003103704.040e5200@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 10:38:14AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 10:38:14AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 02:20 PM 10/3/98 +1000, John Birrell wrote: > > >Maybe you'd be better off looking at other FreeBSD distributions like > >http://www.cybernet.com/ (NetMAX), for example, > > >From what I can see, NetMAX could be a worthy alternative but is priced > quite high. It's tough to tell whether it would make it at a $500 > price point. > > --Brett You are probably right, as that is about the price point for BSDI, however BSDI includes some other goodies along with the OS. Am not sure about NETMAX, need to get spun up on it. Have heard anything about BSDI being in trouble? I have heard some rumblings to that effect. Ron has left the organisation, don't know if Bostic and Karels are still there. -- --Frank "At no time is the freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." --Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message