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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Z-MAIL 3.0 demo for *BSD ?
Message-ID: <CM3907.xF@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong)
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 12:21:43 GMT
References: <2kghv4$b5m@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <hastyCLqrE3.43q@netcom.com> <CLt7tq.CJI@aib.com>
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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In article <CLt7tq.CJI@aib.com> dwex@aib.com (David E. Wexelblat) writes:
>>Just because I may have $$$, does not mean I am going to spend wantomly...
>>
>>
>>Because *BSD is cheap many are willing to try it and if they like something
>>in that are invironment an engineer is more likely to recommend the product
>>for his company.

	Agreed! And that's why so may of us are running it out there, and that
we wish it can establish a rich repertiore of softwares, both freeware and
(supposed-to-be) quality commercial products.
>>
>>		Proudly running FreeBSD at Cisco 
>>
>>	Amancio
>>
>>(Usual Disclaimer stuff: This is just my opinion)
>>
>>-- 
>>FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, interviews, tcl/tk, MIME, midi, sound
>>at  freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD
>>Amancio Hasty,  Consultant |
>>Home: (415) 495-3046       |  
>>e-mail hasty@netcom.com	   |  ftp-site depository of all my work:    
>>ahasty@cisco.com           |  sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X
>
>If people are interested, I suggest they approach the company about it.
>They may be receptive.
>
	This is the reply I got from one guy in Z-Code Software when requesting
for a port via email : (I posted this to c.o.3.apps too)

>X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2a.218 18feb94)
>To: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au ("M.C. Wong"), support@zlotys.z-code.com,
>        "Donna Baccaro" <donna@zlotys.z-code.com>
>Subject: Re: Z-MAIL 3.0 demo
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Status: RO
>
>It was a dark and stormy Feb 24,  8:46pm, when M.C. Wong wrote:
>->
>->    I will like to know if a port
>->  of the demo can be done onto the the following platform :
>->
>->  FreeBSD, running on 386 or 486 PC.
>
>yours is the first request for such a port.  I will log your
>request and if any other requests come in for a port to this
>platform, it will be considered.
>
>
>thanks,
>
 
  Regards.

- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong)
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- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au