From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 17 18:17:47 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id SAA03764 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 18:17:47 -0700 Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA03758 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 18:17:46 -0700 Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.11) with ESMTP id SAA19476 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 18:17:27 -0700 Received: from localhost.v-site.net (localhost.v-site.net [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA06000; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 18:13:50 -0700 Message-Id: <199507180113.SAA06000@rah.star-gate.com> X-Authentication-Warning: rah.star-gate.com: Host localhost.v-site.net didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.1 5/23/95 To: Robert Withrow cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TCL vs... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:03:12 EDT." <199507180103.VAA11099@spooky.rwwa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 18:13:45 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>> Robert Withrow said: > > >>> Peter da Silva said: > > > > The "FreeBSD killer app" syndrome smells like technology for the > > > > sake of technology. > > > > > > Quite the contrary. It's a challenge to that mindset. > > > > Sorry I don't consider this a challenge at all. > > > What will end users do with FreeBSD? > > So lets see, hack on device drivers, VM systems, add new system calls, etc .. > > Well, in my company's case, they use it to measure and manufacture > jet engines...In a nifty integrated yet distributed way... > And I am sure that your company developed or ported the application. BTW: I am very impressed... This brings about another interesting point what are people doing with FreeBSD besides kernel hacking or system related work? Amancio