Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:32:34 +0200 From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2015 Message-ID: <55B64102.4090408@digiware.nl> In-Reply-To: <20150727142556.GD54478@FreeBSD.org> References: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1507262237190.22210@multics.mit.edu> <55B63CDE.9040803@digiware.nl> <20150727142556.GD54478@FreeBSD.org>
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On 27/07/2015 16:25, Glen Barber wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 04:14:54PM +0200, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: >> On 27/07/2015 04:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >>> * Separated email services (and single-point-of-failure cases) from >>> the machine that has been handling this task for over 18 years, to >>> new, single-purpose service installations >> >> Hi, >> >> This sort of sounds like the system that a former company (IAE) donated >> to Jordan when he was here in Arnhem at a FreeBSD meeting organized by >> Wilco Bulte. I think it was called freefall?? >> There used to be pictures of the meeting online, but I can't seem to >> find them. >> >> Would be nice to know if that is the case, because then I'm really >> impressed with the life time of that system... >> Does anybody know if this is actually the case? >> > > Based on what I've recently learned of the machine's history, it was > originally freefall, then became known as 'hub'. You have any idea what is/was actual the hardware that was in the box? If I remember correctly we gave Jordan a check for like 5000 guilders. Which I guess would be 2500 us$ at that time. Which was not an enormous amount of money, so even more impressive that the system lasted 18 years :) --WjW
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