Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:21:37 +1000 From: Bruce Stephens <bruce@toorak.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New driver coming soon. Message-ID: <4663A161.5080209@toorak.com> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170706032202y36d7216flbbe2b2cbb9ccdb2@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a41acea0705301751t3d475bdagbb153e5ed25be8a5@mail.gmail.com> <20070531182233.GB1941@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <2a41acea0705311519l31dd95b3t81d70e321893f564@mail.gmail.com> <20070604045337.GG16563@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> <b1fa29170706032202y36d7216flbbe2b2cbb9ccdb2@mail.gmail.com>
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FreeBSD becoming competitive?? Absolutely and the two major factors are the multiple disparate versions of Linux and Microsoft's meddling with SuSE and Novell - again... Isn't that familiar??!!! (FreeBSD 1.0 !!) FreeBSD is increasing important in the Business world as well. -Bruce. Kip Macy wrote: > On 6/3/07, Wilkinson, Alex <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote: >> 0n Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:19:44PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: >> >> > FreeBSD customer base has been miniscule so not much has >> > been done to the code, maybe someday in my spare time :) >> >> "miniscule" ? That's scary to hear :( > > Until the last year, FreeBSD lagged in network performance, so trying > to push 10 GigE on it was not all that compelling. > > FreeBSD is fast becoming competitive again. I also see a number of > non-technical factors that may drive a resurgence of interest in > FreeBSD. > > > -Kip > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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