Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:05:07 -0000 From: paul@originative.co.uk To: marcs@znep.com, dg@root.com Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: BSD/OS compatibility (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf .. Message-ID: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE54@octopus>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Slemko [mailto:marcs@znep.com] > Sent: 12 March 1999 01:20 > To: David Greenman > Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG; cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: BSD/OS compatibility (was: cvs commit: > src/sys/i386/conf .. > > On top of that, current versions of BSD/OS can run FreeBSD > binaries that > are statically linked. Not sure if a.out and ELF both run, > but at least > one of them does. > > It is still useful for various things, and I think quite a number of > people use the compatibility for things like frontpage extensions. I think Frontpage extensions are the thing that could trip us up. There's at least one prominenet UK ISP that offers Frontpage enabled Apache on FreeBSD. This is actually the market that FreeBSD targets. Maybe Microsoft should be contacted to push for a FreeBSD binary. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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