From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Mar 7 13:58:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8170A37C140 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 13:58:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr09.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA25148; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:58:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr09.primenet.com(206.165.6.209) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAQUaGcX; Tue Mar 7 14:57:59 2000 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA00367; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:58:15 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <200003072158.OAA00367@usr09.primenet.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention in "The Register" To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 21:58:15 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <38B61229.D311624B@softweyr.com> from "Wes Peters" at Feb 24, 2000 10:24:57 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > FreeBSD was mentioned as the basis for the Mac OS X: > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/000224-000014.html > > > > near the bottom: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > MacOS X's FreeBSD microkernel-based architecture makes it an ideal > > basis for a high-stable (if hi-fis and VCRs don't crash, neither can > > consumer electronics Net appliances) yet compact (store it in Flash > > RAM) appliance OS. Just add a cut-back Mac GUI and you're away. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Maybe they are calling FreeBSD a microkernel after seen the > > size of a Windows 2000 "minumal installation"? 8-). > > Did you daily.daemonnews.org this? No, sorry, I am in the middle of a release cycle, and am on the hook for approximately 16,000 words of technical writing. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message