Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 07:23:35 -0700 From: "Ron 'The Insane One' Rosson" <insane@oneinsane.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *** Real Action Item: SPECweb96 Message-ID: <19980423072335.04343@the.oneinsane.net> In-Reply-To: <353ECD71.71FEC34F@ibm.net>; from Don Wilde on Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 10:11:13PM -0700 References: <353ECD71.71FEC34F@ibm.net>
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I wish I could be there in person but I will definately be there via a net connection. I tip my hat to you Don. Ron On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 10:11:13PM -0700, Don Wilde wrote: > Okay, here goes. <deep breath> > > An official copy of the SPECweb96 benchmark has been made available for > our use by the Apache Group. > > Jordan has given this his enthusiastic approval with the caveat that > he's spread too thin to lead the effort. > > I propose that we establish a meeting in Concord, CA (Walnut Creek's > backyard) where we get together as many guys and as much hardware as we > can beg, borrow or steal, and spend a weekend draining electrons from > the power mains and working with high performance software. Our goal is > to blow SPECweb96 out of the water with FreeBSD and Apache. > > I realize not everybody can jump in a car or plane, but if you can be > standing by on your 'net connection, maybe we can get an fxtv wired into > the web so you can see what's happening, and you can certainly > contribute via e-mail. it'll be fun, inspirational and a HOA learning > experience. > > USENIX is in the middle of June, so that limits our schedule choices a > bit, and I don't want to put it too far in the future. I therefore > suggest the 26th, 27th and 28th of June to do this. That gives us enough > time to plan our strategy and gather ideas and gear. > > I view this as the first stage in a two-pronged PR strategy. This event, > at which we assemble and put ourselves to the test is a dry run for my > Big Idea, which is that we find a national media sponsor to field a > "Small furry mammals vs. T-Rex and Raptor" Challenge much as I outlined > in an earlier post. The opportunity for visibility is just too big to > pass up, what with freeware on the rise and Microsoft under heavy fire > from all sides. We have to jump on it!!! > > I will take on the role of coordinator for this, since it was my big > mouth that opened up the thread. > > I need the following things to pull this off: > > * Local guys who can do site scouting and prep work > * Committments of time and expertise > * Hardware that can be loaned to the effort > * Money to FreeBSD.org for pizza, caffiene and other necessities > * Feedback and warm fuzzies > * Lots of other things I need you guys to suggest. > > --> Don Wilde, dwilde1@ibm.net > aka Don@PartsNow.com > aka phone 818-718-6999 > aka beep 818-372-5223 in that order > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- -------------------------------------------------------- Ron Rosson ... and a UNIX user said ... The InSaNe One rm -rf * insane@oneinsane.net and all was null and void -------------------------------------------------------- It's so nice to be insane, nobody asks you to explain. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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