From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 1 01:08:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3DB16A41A; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 01:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1878D13C45B; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 01:08:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from kobe.laptop (ppp5-162.adsl.forthnet.gr [62.1.228.162]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m0117o0n022651 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 1 Jan 2008 03:07:58 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0117n0Q002895; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 03:07:50 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m0117nuO002886; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 03:07:49 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 03:07:48 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Colin Percival , Warren Block Message-ID: <20080101010748.GA99836@kobe.laptop> References: <10f7864f0712311010x2497409ava350991ccebf3ae2@mail.gmail.com> <200712312314.42749.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <20080101003040.GB2507@kobe.laptop> <20071231175805.Y20718@wonkity.com> <10f7864f0712311010x2497409ava350991ccebf3ae2@mail.gmail.com> <200712312314.42749.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <20080101003040.GB2507@kobe.laptop> <47798FF0.4080304@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071231175805.Y20718@wonkity.com> <47798FF0.4080304@freebsd.org> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.949, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.45, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Pollywog , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: corporate backers of freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:08:03 -0000 On 2007-12-31 16:57, Colin Percival wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Yes, Gary, there are companies who also fund FreeBSD work in several > > ways [...] Some examples which I recall off the top of my head are: > > Don't forget pair Networks, which has generously supported phk, andre, > and myself on our respective "sponsored FreeBSD coding" fundraising > drives of 2004, 2005, and 2006, with slightly over $40,000 in total. I knew I was forgetting something. Thanks for the addition :-) On 2007-12-31 18:00, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> The support of Isilon Systems for VFS locking, which was then 'ported' >> back to FreeBSD. Jeff Roberson worked with Isilon Systems to bring >> VFS locking to FreeBSD, and it is not part of the official kernel > ^^^ >> source tree. > > Probably s/not/now/ ... That is true. The VFS locking code *is* part of the source tree. Unfortunately, spell-checking the original text couldn't really warn me about this. Thanks for this correction too :)