Subject: Re: Community Issues ** LONG **
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Eric Fox <eric@fox.phoenix.az.us>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 02/22/1999 14:11:12
by redmail.netbsd.org with SMTP; 22 Feb 1999 21:11:54 -0000
by fox.phoenix.az.us (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA15478;
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:11:13 -0700 (MST)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:11:12 -0700 (MST)
From: Eric Fox <eric@fox.phoenix.az.us>
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
cc: Ken Nakata <kenn@synap.ne.jp>, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov,
netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Community Issues ** LONG **
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.05.9902221407410.27050-100000@duhnet.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990222140907.15452A-100000@red.fox.phoenix.az.us>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Todd Vierling wrote:
>
> There was a discussion here about it some time ago. Unfortunately, Sun
> didn't care much for NetBSD thanks to FreeBSD's name recognition--and they
> went about working on FreeBSD. What work they have done, I have no idea.
> However, I have strong suspicions that Eduardo will have NetBSD/sparc64 up
> to snuff sooner than they'll get FreeBSD to production quality.
>
If so, it should be generously offered to them [Sun] immediately.
/\---/\ Eric J Fox
/ o o \ mailto:eric@fox.phoenix.az.us
\.\ /./ -----------------------------
\@/ "Of course it runs NetBSD."