2nd UK User Conference - call for papers?

Paul Richards paul at originative.co.uk
Thu Jul 13 12:50:23 BST 2000


Brian Somers wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 08:08:56AM +0100, Simon Clayton wrote:
> > > On the topic of replacing Windows, I have a problem - namely that my
> > > company does web development and the great masses out there have a
> > > preference for IE.  This starts to be a big problem when I want to run X
> > > on my Sony F409 as I have to test mainly in IE and Netscape is so bloody
> > > inconsistent from one version to the next (mostly JavaScript).
> >
> > hehehehe - sorry.
> >
> > > I remember seeing IE on X but I think that might have been Solaris - any
> > > ideas?  Any way to get IE to run on FreeBSD X? I know Microsoft are a
> >
> > IE for Solaris only runs on a sparc - I imagine that MS dont particularly
> > want to promote the Intel Solaris cant think why.
> 
> I tried to run the Solaris ie using a XFree86-4/FreeBSD-current
> display.  It said
> 
>   Abort
> 
> So I did.
> 
> [shaking my head wondering why I'm surprised]
> 

You tried to run the Sparc binary on FreeBSD?

I'm shaking my head wondering what it was you were drinking last night
:-)

Paul.




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