Re: FreeBSD (How vague can I get? ;) )

2009-09-25 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Allen gedankezaube...@comcast.net writes: You can't get sued for it ;) The US has a law here that states a parody of something isn't a rip off. There is no such law, only legal practice, and the US is only a small part of the world. Besides, Visa probably runs BSD on their servers anyway lol.

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Saifi Khan
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Julian H. Stacey wrote: i noticed that there is no Oracle available for FreeBSD http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html What could be the reason for that ? Best ask direct of commercial application vendor Oracle. IE

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Saifi Khan saifi.k...@datasynergy.org writes: The response seems to suggest [...] ...nothing except that whoever wrote it has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Steve Bertrand
Saifi Khan wrote: On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Julian H. Stacey wrote: i noticed that there is no Oracle available for FreeBSD http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html What could be the reason for that ? Best ask direct of commercial application vendor Oracle. IE

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread krad
2009/9/25 Saifi Khan saifi.k...@datasynergy.org On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Julian H. Stacey wrote: i noticed that there is no Oracle available for FreeBSD http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html What could be the reason for that ? Best ask

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Most unlikely. Ask Oracle tell advocacy@ what you find out. I'd bet perceived market share demand as ever, ie Money. Hi Julian: Here is the response on the Oracle forum thread to my posting, FreeBSD is a kernel not used in any extant operating system with the sole exception being

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread telmnstr
That whoever wrote that post is very closed minded, has no problem condemning something prior to investigation, and perhaps wears a pair of glasses that only come in one shade. Oracle is an expensive business application that is expected to be VERY reliable. It's expected to have a high end

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Gould
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:28 AM, telmn...@757.org wrote: That whoever wrote that post is very closed minded, has no problem condemning something prior to investigation, and perhaps wears a pair of glasses that only come in one shade. Oracle is an expensive business application that is

Re: FreeBSD (How vague can I get? ;) )

2009-09-25 Thread Allen
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Allen gedankezaube...@comcast.net writes: You can't get sued for it ;) The US has a law here that states a parody of something isn't a rip off. There is no such law, only legal practice, and the US is only a small part of the world. Yes, but BSD was started in

Re: FreeBSD (How vague can I get? ;) )

2009-09-25 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Allen gedankezaube...@comcast.net writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav d...@des.no wrote: Allen gedankezaube...@comcast.net writes: You can't get sued for it ;) The US has a law here that states a parody of something isn't a rip off. There is no such law, only legal practice, and the US is only

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 09:15:43PM +0530, Saifi Khan wrote: i noticed that there is no Oracle available for FreeBSD http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html I unfortunately don't have anything to offer as a direct answer to that, other than perhaps Oracle's

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:28:20AM -0400, telmn...@757.org wrote: I'd be willing to bet there is little to no commercial demand for Oracle on FreeBSD. I wonder how much difference Oracle availability on FreeBSD would make, here. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL:

FreeBSD gear (Clothes, machines)

2009-09-25 Thread Allen
I'm wondering how many people here buy FreeBSD stuff. Like for example, I have a FreeBSD teeshirt, a pair of FreeBSD boxers (very comfy by the way) and I also purchase a lot of the things I find about FreeBSD because, quite frankly, the quality of products are very high, and I think Patrick

Re: FreeBSD gear (Clothes, machines)

2009-09-25 Thread Matt Olander
Sorry for the top post but I only have some quick comments ;-) Great post, Allen. I'm glad you had a good experience with the mall, Allen. In fact, you are correct, we also host the Slackware site/store for Patrick and handle all the production details and shipping logistics. It's better for