Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:44:57 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nicholas Basila <nbasila@epcot.revenio.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.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: <20001130084457.J48277@echunga.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3A253C9A.EBD363D7@epcot.revenio.com>; from nbasila@epcot.revenio.com on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 12:27:54PM -0500 References: <E50E76D112D8D311907E00508B63B941BE8F6F@minnie.revenio.com> <000701c05958$09651ef0$3103000a@gaston> <20001129154748.A47200@echunga.lemis.com> <3A2536A7.EA05719B@epcot.revenio.com> <3A253B51.758D7AF9@softweyr.com> <3A253C9A.EBD363D7@epcot.revenio.com>
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On Wednesday, 29 November 2000 at 12:27:54 -0500, Nicholas Basila wrote: > 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. > > 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. Red Had Linux runs on these machines. Read the thread: the issue is the partition type. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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