Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:20:24 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, jbryant@unix.tfs.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris is free. Message-ID: <19980813222024.27227@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808121913080.237-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>; from Alex on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 07:14:03PM -0700 References: <19980812082400.24443@mcs.net> <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808121913080.237-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 07:14:03PM -0700, Alex wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 01:46:14AM -0700, Josef Grosch wrote: > > > My guess is that Sun is beginning to feel the heat from FreeBSD and > > > Linux. Last time I looked very few people we running Solaris on X86. Mayby > > > they are starting to worry about all those older Sparc's running NetBSD. > > > > Frankly, FreeBSD + Afterstep on a Pentium Pro 200 makes a damn nice > > workstation; I prefer it over Solaris. > > Ahh replace AS with KDE, and you've got a better workstation ;) I can't find KDE in the X11 ports tree....... > Anyhow, I think Solaris still has some advantages over FreeBSD, including > better SMP, and support for a better C++ compiler (nearly anything is > better than gcc 2.7.2). Still not worth 20 bucks tho ;) > > - alex > -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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