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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 1997 21:27:55 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
To:        Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linux faster thasn FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199709230327.VAA12177@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <19970922230127.57989@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
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Peter Korsten writes:
 > Lee Crites (AEI) shared with us:
 > > As for me and my house, we will use FreeBSD for everything we
 > > can! 
 > 
 > Yes, I too have always dreamed of having access to the source code
 > of my refridgerator. I just wonder if FreeBSD has enough real-time
 > capabilities to swith on the light at the right time when I open
 > the door.

No, but with a couple of million dollars in consulting fees, I can port
uC/OS to your target hardware, implment a tiny TCP/IP stack on it, place
an embedded web server on it, and let you drive your refrigerator using
FreeBSD.  And all of the programming will be done on FreeBSD!  ;^)

-- 
          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com



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