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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!yallara!ashelton From: ashelton@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (A Shelton) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Date: 1 May 1996 00:08:43 GMT Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4m6a2b$mql@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <NELSON.96Apr17101252@ns.crynwr.com> <3175DBD4.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <4l5f31$ijv@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <4l5ltp$4pa@dyson.iquest.net> <4lj3og$ct@complete.org> <4m3vs6$9je@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au NNTP-Posting-User: ashelton X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:22577 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:878 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3575 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3432 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18375 comp.os.linux.advocacy:47430 holt@jacana (Adam Holt) writes: >You want UNIX APPS FOR THE COMMON MAN? You got em.... The common man desperately wants a web-server before a word processor? > SCO introduces its Internet Family > a very scary mental image... > At Internet World tomorrow in San Jose, California, SCO is also > expected to offer Oracle's WebServer 2.0, a server that > features database connectivity and high-end security, as an > option for its Internet Family products. Last but far from > least, the company will unveil a deal with Sun Microsystems to > embed a Java engine directly into the company's UnixWare and > OpenServer operating systems, sources said. > >(OK, Linus it's time you let us in on your secret negotiations with JavaSoft.) I'm sure linus is busy vomiting at the concept of putting a large, untrusted non-vital system into the kernel. Isn't this roughly equivalent to embedding a C compiler in the kernel? > > Users can extend the capabilities of the FastStart package by > purchasing add-on products through SCO, including Netscape > Commerce Server, Netscape Proxy Server, the SCO > Internet-to-NetWare gateway, and Oracle WebServer 2.0. > Not to mention the development package which I'm damn sure sco are not selling included. Still it's good to see SCO, if somewhat belatedly, try to compete. -- Linux, because raw power can be....addictive. Andrew Shelton s9406182@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au GCS(2.1)-d+H+sw+v-C++UL+>L+++E-N++WV--R++tv-b+D++e+fr*y?