From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Feb 24 18:41:19 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 885A337BC54 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:41:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr02.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA13400 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:40:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr02.primenet.com(206.165.6.202) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAYfaOhA; Thu Feb 24 19:40:46 2000 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA11620 for advocacy@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:41:00 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <200002250241.TAA11620@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: FreeBSD mention in "The Register" To: advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:41:00 +0000 (GMT) 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-). 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