Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:35:40 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011029233540.B1617@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <006101c160cb$6619f7d0$0a00000a@contactdish>; from anthony@atkielski.com on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:45:21PM %2B0100 References: <00a301c1606e$bc00e990$0a00000a@contactdish> <20011029134404.A92609@roman.mobil.cz> <006101c160cb$6619f7d0$0a00000a@contactdish>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:45:21PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > Solaris is free for use on up to 8-CPU > > machines AFAIK. > > I thought Solaris was a proprietary flavor of UNIX sold commercially by Sun, and > only available for Sun-supported platforms (??). > > In any case, Solaris smacks of proprietary software, and I'm really not in a > frame of mind to lock myself to yet another vendor. FreeBSD doesn't seem to be With some restrictions on the number of cpu's you have in your box you can download Solaris8 for nothing, or get it on CD for US$ 45. Having said that, I use Solaris8 a lot in my work, FreeBSD is a better way to go bearing in mind your comments ! -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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