geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) (04/29/88)
In article <4477@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: > You get full client source with NeWS, so you can run the clients anywhere > that has a C compiler and TCP/IP. Tahoes should be no problem. Heh, heh, as long as your "anywhere" supports Unix-style (or is it 4.2-style? Sun's not exactly famous for cosmopolitanism) system calls, and the display hardware looks a lot like a Sun's, and the TCP/IP interface looks a lot like 4.2, and... Even if all these things are true, people who have done it can testify that porting rarely translates to a simple 1-hour recompilation project. If they aren't true, the $2100 John quoted won't even buy 2 weeks of a programmer to get things to actually work. > I'd be glad to sell you NeWS binaries without support for $2100, Guido... I think I'll take you up on that, John. I want them to run on a '386 under System V, using an IBM EGA-lookalike for graphics, with Excelan networking hardware and TCP/IP software. Performing at least as well as the X-Windows equivalent, of course. And tested at least as well as H-P tests their stuff. What are you charging for redistribution rights? -- Geoff Kuenning geoff@ITcorp.com {uunet,trwrb}!desint!geoff