Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 08:01:11 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Richard Cownie <richard.cownie@axil.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, jak@cetlink.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on 8-way SMP PPro Message-ID: <199805291501.IAA02770@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 May 1998 11:51:47 EDT." <F9EB5C2CB08CD11184E200A0C95BCF8D123A0B@dragon.axil.com>
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> That thought had occurred to me ... the surest way to make it happen > would be for lots of people to express serious interest in buying > NX801/NX803 machines to run FreeBSD. Indeed, although the sort of people in that market are probably going to want some sort of indication that it *will* run properly before they are likely to commit to it. The chicken-and-egg problem is always a tough one, but your work is definitely the first step. Now, one more question (*). Do you folks have a loaner system that we could take to Usenix? Heck, can we get that sort of power on the floor there? > Richard Cownie > > DISCLAIMER: speaking for myself as usual, not for Axil Computer Inc Do Axil have an opinion at all about non-NT operating systems and their hardware? There's quite a lot of "wow" power in saying to someone "this guy at Axil has FreeBSD running on one of *these* (points to picture)", and it really does lend some serious credibility to the project. However, it's not the sort of thing that you want to do if Axil corporate have a dim view of other operating systems, so I'd prefer to be a little careful about it. (*) "Ha Ha only serious". -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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