Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:27:54 -0500 From: Nicholas Basila <nbasila@epcot.revenio.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <3A253C9A.EBD363D7@epcot.revenio.com> References: <E50E76D112D8D311907E00508B63B941BE8F6F@minnie.revenio.com> <000701c05958$09651ef0$3103000a@gaston> <20001129154748.A47200@echunga.lemis.com> <3A2536A7.EA05719B@epcot.revenio.com> <3A253B51.758D7AF9@softweyr.com>
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Ah, but I'd bet that they'd be willing to support RH Linux at some point. If RH Linux will run on it, FreeBSD probably would, too. Of course, I know they'd never ever support FreeBSD, but having it work on these laptops without issues would be good. Wes Peters wrote: > Nicholas Basila wrote: > > > > I think that IBM ultimately wants to sell these laptops any way they can ... > > That means with non-MS operating systems. I just wonder how long it will > > take. > > Don't be silly. If they think it will generate more support calls than > revenue, they will step over us silly BSD users in a heartbeat, chasing > after the next 50,000-unit corporate sale. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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