Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 14:20:32 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, grog@lemis.com, wes@softweyr.com, scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk, licia@o-o.org, jcwells@u.washington.edu, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internet Explorer and UNIX Message-ID: <4.1.19981103141736.00b57180@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <199811031917.MAA03061@usr05.primenet.com> References: <4.1.19981103140957.00b4d100@genesis.ispace.com>
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At 07:17 PM 11/3/98 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> HP/UX and Solaris.. How many people are running that at home? I run Solaris >> here, but I'm not running HP/UX and never intend to.. Linux probably has a >> larger single-user base than those two combined. > >That's irrelevent. The porting effort for one UNIX vs. another is >miniscule compared to what it must have taken to get it onto UNIX >from Windows in the first place. > > >> I'm still trying to fathom why Netscape servers (and Microsoft IE, if we're >> going to jaunt down that road) are not ported to FreeBSD, Linux, etc. > >I think you mean IIS... > >> After all, the operating system (to build/test ports) is obtainable at a >> convenient cost of 0$, I'd imagine the BSDI version (which there are also >> slim ports of as well) would port rather well to FreeBSD.. > >Why port? The BSDI versions of the servers already run on FreeBSD. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org Alright, first off, no I meant IE. IE is available for (as you pointed out) HP/UX and Solaris. My question is *why* HP/UX and Solaris? Why is it that Netscapes Servers (I invite you to find me a version of Enterprise Server, Directory Server 3.5+, Messaging Server 3.5+, that'll work on FreeBSD) are only for Solaris, sometimes DEC Unix, and HP/UX.. I've seen some cases of Netscape only releasing something for DEC UNIX and/or Solaris, and everyone else is stuck a version back. Windows NT is easy to obtain at 300 or so bucks (workstation). But if I'm getting Netscape Servers under Netscape Free Server Software program anyway, why not support Free Unixes? --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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