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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux (SCO Binary Compat)
Date: 22 May 1995 05:39:20 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <MICHAELV.95May21142549@mindbender.headcandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
>Just as a point of data (I'm not trying to dissuade you from FreeBSD,
>but would happy to dissuade you from Linux ;-), SCO compat is
>supposedly getting pretty stable on NetBSD.  The WordPerfect demo
>supposedly runs great.  Oracle might be easily accomplished, also
>(don't know of anyone who's tried, yet, though).

Not to get into a game of one-upmanship here, but just to note
for the record - we can also run the SCO WordPerfect demo and
have been able to run Oracle for some time.  We are in the middle
of rearchitecting some of this to be a good deal cleaner (and hopefully
more robust) and will fold it into a mainstream release ASAP.
Current plans are to have it in 2.1.  Those wishing to jump on
the bandwagon early (and perhaps help? :-) should send mail to
sos@freebsd.org or swallace@freebsd.org.

					Jordan