Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:44:45 -0500 From: bsmith@bfmni.com (Brad Smith) To: <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Read this... Message-ID: <000c01be3071$539ba6e0$6403a8c0@comstyle.com>
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Is there something wrong with the mailing list ?? Ive seen this same message 5 times now in 2 days. Brad > > >> Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> > Will someone with more courage and experiance than I please speak up about >> > this, perhaps contact sun? >> > >> Please _don't_ ask Sun for anything until you have a working port on >> limited hardware. I doubt that anyone following this list would be >> prepared to spend $$$ based on what has been said so far. Those people >> who have access to Sun machines should be able to do a port with neither >> financial nor moral support from Sun. If you want this sort of support, >> you have to earn it. > >Let me explain the meaning of the word "support" from my personal point of >view: > >1) I haven't any Sun Hardware. I'm a student and I cannot pay 3000$ for a Sun >Ultra5, only to "play" with it. I would have an AXi motherboard (good for >experiments) but it costs too much. So, for the hardware I would have something >like 50% of the price (no free hardware, at actual stage). Why Sun could give >me/us this: I have not 3000$, and actually there are few persons with an Ultra >box, so _if_ Sun wants more developers on this project they must help in some >way. This is the situation it's not "charity"... Please note also the word >"Open" also means: I can buy it for a good price. > >2) Docs, pdf and other things.... On Intel you can find _anything_ about "how >it boots", "how it works", books and docs. If you go in a bookstore you can >find many books about "everything". Not the same situation on Sparc. >So again: "Open" means I can read "how it works" without paying 500$... > >3) Moral support. Actually, if Sun (SME) will put something on-line about the >harware we can do a good job (something that works/boots on limited hardware) >with no moral support. We can do experiments where "I don't know how it works" >and read where "it's documented at page..." > >Thanks for youe time 8) > > > >Ciao Ciao > Paolo Di Francesco > _ > ->B<- All Recycled Bytes Message ... > ~ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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