From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Feb 24 21:18: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (obie.softweyr.com [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 904FC37C297 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:17:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (200yearstoolate@homer.softweyr.com [204.68.178.39]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA08825; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:17:37 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <38B61229.D311624B@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:24:57 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Lambert Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention in "The Register" References: <200002250241.TAA11620@usr02.primenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert wrote: > > 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-). Probably. Perhaps I should introduce them to the new interNOT appliance femto kernel: .global _os_entry_point _os_entry_point: hlt Did you daily.daemonnews.org this? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message