From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 18:51:10 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 C40ED10656EE for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:51:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 793068FC17 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:51:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1QypsT-0005pJ-Mm>; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:51:09 +0200 Received: from e178023043.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.23.43] helo=thor.walstatt.dyndns.org) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1QypsT-0004RT-Jw>; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:51:09 +0200 Message-ID: <4E5E829D.7000405@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:51:09 +0200 From: "Hartmann, O." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110825 Thunderbird/6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper 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> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: 85.178.23.43 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 18:51:10 -0000 On 08/31/11 20:13, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Hartmann, O. > wrote: >> 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°) Put it offline? (i.e with a "At work" placeholder) >> 2°) Process a feature list on one table column, leaving N columns emtpy for >> N other OS, waiting for skills to contribute? >> >> Yes 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.) >> >> >> Oh yes ... and maybe those, who incorporated silently BSD stuff like >> 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 And claimed then it's GPLv3?