From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 12 15:19:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23597 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:19:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23592 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:19:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA27586; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:25:14 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199808122225.IAA27586@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: solaris is free. In-Reply-To: from ADRIAN Filipi-Martin at "Aug 12, 98 06:08:04 pm" To: adrian@ubergeeks.com Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:25:14 +1000 (EST) Cc: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, marcs@znep.com, imp@village.org, jbryant@unix.tfs.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ADRIAN Filipi-Martin wrote: > I'd like to think so, but IMHO solaris x86 has never been a winner > for SUN. I doubt they have much to loose by this move. SCO has and > continues to dominate the commercial intel unix world. SCO also has had > the same type of offer open for both UnixWare and OpenDeathtrap for a year > or so now. They have much more to loose in the intel market. And if SCO sets the standard that people expect, they should be impressed by FreeBSD. I hadn't used SCO for years and when the free licence for non-commercial purposes became available, their local agent persuaded me to try it. I put the CD in an ATAPI drive in a machine where the bios was not CD aware. Booting from the install floppy, there was no ATAPI support. Another drink coaster.... 8-) -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message