From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 3 08:53:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA21456 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 08:53:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [193.117.77.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA21396 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 08:52:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA18858 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 16:46:59 GMT Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA01840; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 16:51:59 GMT Message-ID: <19980203165158.39980@iii.co.uk> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 16:51:58 +0000 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD mention on CNET news.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe chat" I haven't seen anyone else mention this yet, so: There I was, browsing through CNET's news.com when I stumbled upon a reference to FreeBSD. It's in their "Source code for the masses" article, and runs Ten years after its debut on the Internet, Perl remains freely distributed. But unlike Linux, those who change or extend the source code for Perl are under no obligation to give their changes back to the keepers of the core code base. However, it's a point of pride among most code hackers to contribute their innovations back into what Wall calls the "Perl cultural freeware." The same is true with two other major freeware projects, the Apache Web server and the FreeBSD operating system, both Unix-based. FreeBSD is Linux's younger cousin and counts an estimated 500,000 users, according to David Greenman, principal architect on the core FreeBSD team. The "Linux's younger cousin" comparison rankles somewhat, but it's better than no mention at all I suppose. As is customary, kudos to -core, and everyone else who's contributed to make FreeBSD the OS it is today. N -- --+==[ Nik Clayton is Just Another Perl Hacker at Interactive Investor ]==+-- . . . and relax