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Date:      Thu, 07 May 1998 17:44:51 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        joe.shevland@horizonti.com
Cc:        marc@bowtie.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Oracle 7 on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <35525583.3F54BC7E@whistle.com>
References:  <199805071628.SAA24315@nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl> <35524184.5CF8@horizonti.com>

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Joe Shevland wrote:
> 

> 
> I've just spoken to some of the parties involved with the NCI
> NC's down here in regard to Oracle 7 and FreeBSD. Now, going by
> what I was just told, FreeBSD _is_ definitely being discontinued 8(

maybe you need to let john know the names of the people who 
told you that as He's doing it and no-one has told him to stop 
yet..

Or alternatively, maybe you've run into one of the people at NC 
who keep trying to spike the FreeBSD project by denying its 
existance and saying that it will never be stable..

there are some people there who are solaris fanatics who 
view FreeBSD as a threat.

> 
> NT will replace this, and the Solaris effort is ongoing too.
> The NT version is now in beta. I'm not trying to spread 
> misinformation, this is from an authoritive source.
> 
> I think anyone will have a very hard time trying to purchase the
> Oracle 7 binaries; I'd be very surprised. From what I've heard, 
> they've scrapped that side of things and will not release the 
> code (I'm not saying
> a large amount of public pressure wouldn't change their minds, not
> saying
> it will either).
> 
> --
> Joe
> 
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