From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 14 11:50:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA27086 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:50:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA27059; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:50:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id OAA00782; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 14:50:02 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199711141950.OAA00782@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: is NCI's "NC Server Suite" FreeBSD-based? In-Reply-To: from Charles Owens at "Nov 14, 97 02:18:15 pm" To: owensc@enc.edu (Charles Owens) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 14:50:02 -0500 (EST) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Charles Owens said: > > Can you point me at a FreeBSD-guru-type who _can_ (and won't mind) > answer(ing) this question? > Simply put, it is in the hands of marketing at Oracle. The more people who strongly demand a port to FreeBSD, the bigger the chances are. The way to get Oracle for FreeBSD is to get it though marketing/sales channels. It is not in the hands of the technical (guru) types. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com