From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 22 14:11:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA23557 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 14:11:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA23552 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 14:11:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA14239; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 14:10:41 -0800 To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-hackers) Subject: Re: CDE for FreeBSD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 22 Feb 1996 10:14:56 EST." <199602221514.KAA14441@shell.monmouth.com> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 14:10:41 -0800 Message-ID: <14237.825027041@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk CDE for FreeBSD is looking more and more imminent. I can't say from who or when at the moment (I've been asked to keep my mouth shut about that for the time being), but it's looking very promising. Jordan > > > > mikebo@tellabs.com stands accused of saying: > > > > > > Anyone know of a CDE port to FreeBSD? I understand that RedHat and > > > TriTeal are partnering to sell a commercial quality CDE for Linux. > > > > If you've got a spare $20K for the source license, I'm sure we could come > > up with something. > > > > Failing that, we'll have to wait until someone thinks it's worth the > > investment. I'd suspect that if WC were to talk to TriTeal that the > > distribution numbers would happily compare with RedHat's. > > > > > Michael Borowiec - mikebo@tellabs.com - Tellabs Operations Inc. > > > > > About a year ago a guy at TriTeal told me there were some Linux hackers who > ported CDE to Linux on their own. I wish I could've sent them some FreeBSD > CD's. > > We just have to find the right hackers in the organizations. > > Bill > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | The postmaster always pings twice. > Lakewood MicroSystems | 17 Meredith Drive, > 908-389-3592 | Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 > pechter@shell.monmouth.com |