Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:25:14 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: adrian@ubergeeks.com Cc: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, marcs@znep.com, imp@village.org, jbryant@unix.tfs.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris is free. Message-ID: <199808122225.IAA27586@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980812180359.8689K-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com> from ADRIAN Filipi-Martin at "Aug 12, 98 06:08:04 pm"
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ADRIAN Filipi-Martin wrote: > I'd like to think so, but IMHO solaris x86 has never been a winner > for SUN. I doubt they have much to loose by this move. SCO has and > continues to dominate the commercial intel unix world. SCO also has had > the same type of offer open for both UnixWare and OpenDeathtrap for a year > or so now. They have much more to loose in the intel market. And if SCO sets the standard that people expect, they should be impressed by FreeBSD. I hadn't used SCO for years and when the free licence for non-commercial purposes became available, their local agent persuaded me to try it. I put the CD in an ATAPI drive in a machine where the bios was not CD aware. Booting from the install floppy, there was no ATAPI support. Another drink coaster.... 8-) -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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