Date: 12 Aug 1998 15:32:03 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Stuart Henderson <stuart@internationalschool.co.uk> Cc: Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>, FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris is free. Message-ID: <xzpsoj2gwbw.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Stuart Henderson's message of "Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:10:20 %2B0100" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980812074847.12071L-100000@bytor.rush.net> <35D1862C.7B944B88@internationalschool.co.uk>
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Stuart Henderson <stuart@internationalschool.co.uk> writes: > considering many current Windows users just want something a bit more > stable but still easy to use, couldn't care less whether they get > source, and Sun's recent work with InstallShield, there are probably a > lot of people that will > be pretty interested in Solaris... >From that perspective, Solaris x86 can be seen as an entry point to FreeBSD and the other free Unices. It will certainly give Unix in general more exposure, and people with Solaris experience who want a low-cost Unix for purposes disallowed by the free Solaris license will turn to us. Or am I daydreaming? DES "this message was brought to you by Solaris 2.5.1" -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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