From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 18:13:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13108106566C for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:13:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f44.google.com (mail-qw0-f44.google.com [209.85.216.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2EDE8FC1A for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:13:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwg2 with SMTP id 2so721176qwg.17 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:13:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=buVDyV8R6MZ6WbuWWhkGd8zi43T2FPN4EUZEfccEUMw=; b=ZgAhoKlree65gV9DETdlymJt2MsNlChSW0S+OUnRi2mC22uHz2sBlShhLbDoRECfKi eeLhP9OPWoF/GXVi8qHLhvTrKFNzkE0zlJ4MLVs+9zWZ8SdTunDbrxMd+DqdO1pKJuxS j7KZm/lUy5Vt8LTn7hsSZBdJFzpnjCPmalOY4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.214.9 with SMTP id gy9mr618770qab.79.1314814418589; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:13:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.37.83 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:13:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E5E764D.7090806@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4E5941D6.9090106@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5BEF65.2010502@gmail.com> <4E5CAD9E.6050903@rktmb.org> <4E5CB49F.50806@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5CBC14.4080908@rktmb.org> <4E5CF1ED.2030504@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5CF417.5080503@rktmb.org> <4E5D031E.2000602@xaerolimit.net> <4E5D1E46.7000908@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5DC66D.1090602@rktmb.org> <4E5E73E5.4020804@xaerolimit.net> <4E5E764D.7090806@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:13:38 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: "Hartmann, O." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/marketing/os-comparison.html X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:13:41 -0000 On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Hartmann, O. wrote: > > =A0 On 08/31/11 19:48, Chris Brennan wrote: > > On 8/31/2011 1:43 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby > [1] wrote: > > On 08/30/2011 08:30 PM, Hartmann, O. wrote: > > I would be scared > away by such an arrogant looking page! > > So, refactoring this page is a must. > 1=B0) Put it offline? (i.e with a "At work" placeholder) > 2=B0) Process a feature list on one table column, leaving N columns emtpy= for > N other OS, waiting for skills to contribute? > > =A0 =A0Yes and yes. I would start out with the FreeBSD highlights first > and foremost, then we can move on to compare it (in a positive light) > to other contemporary OSes. > > It should be noted on the FreeBSD side of the comparison, whom has > borrowed concepts from FreeBSD, such as the network stack or Gentoo's > Portage system (just to name a few that come to mind.) > > > =A0 Oh yes ... and maybe those, who incorporated silently BSD stuff like > =A0 the TCP/IP stack - like M$. The list would be way too long. I know other Linux-based groups that have integrated drivers from FreeBSD as well for proprietary work. Thanks, -Garrett