Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 12:05:03 -0500 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: UNIX Review Message-ID: <199805141205030489.001E058B@mailgate.execpc.com> References: <00077272.CE21230@mfi.com>
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Not quite the results that I'd hoped for. Frank *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 5/14/98, at 11:35 AM, mhall@mfi.com <mhall@mfi.com> wrote: > > Frank--Thanks for the note. Hope you had a chance to see the May issue > with the piece on Apache. And we have a software review of OpenLinux > in the July issue, which just went to the printer yesterday. I > anticipate publishing more similar articles in future pages of > Performance Computing as well as on our web site, > www.performance-computing.com. I even made the open source movement > the subject of my weekly UNIX RIOT online column a little while ago. > Still, your point is well taken and I may run your note as a letter to > the editor in the future. Thanks for dropping me a line.--mh > > >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: Open Source Operating Systems >Author: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> at Internet >Date: 5/13/98 5:04 PM > > >About a year ago, a previous editor made a decision to feature PC based >UNIX articles once per quarter. As I am sure that you are well aware there >appears to be a paradigm shift in the use of Open Source UNIX operating >systems. Netscape has led the way and now Coral has joined in utilization >of these operating systems and are using the open source development model. > While I would agree that the situation is in the early adaptor stage, >these initiatives are significant. > >Further, there is a tremendous amount of growth in the acceptance of Open >Source operating systems in the commercial world. Linux gets a lot of the >press, while FreeBSD is widely used in environments that require stable >servers that carry substantial loads and have uptimes ranging up to over >one year. FreeBSD is also used in embedded program environments such as >routers, web servers and firewalls, and at least one large financial >institution as a check processing application to name a few. It is also >the support platform for a NC thin client server backed by a major DBMS >ISV. > >While I am not necessarily suggesting an article or two featuring FreeBSD, >it would be great to see more coverage of the Open Source movement in your >magazine. Thank you for your time and consideration. > >Sincerely, > >Frank Pawlak > > >Received: from alto.mfi.com ([198.71.19.38]) by sf-mail.mfi.com with SMTP > (IMA Internet Exchange 3.01 Enterprise) id 00075731; Wed, 13 May 98 15:08:56 >-0700 >Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com ([169.207.16.10]) by alto.mfi.com > via smtpd (for sf-mail.mfi.com [198.71.17.202]) with SMTP; 13 May 1998 >21:42:16 UT >Received: from john (harconia-2-80.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.132.208]) > by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.8.8) id RAA15717 > for <mhall@mfi.com>; Wed, 13 May 1998 17:04:19 -0500 (CDT) >Message-ID: <199805131704180349.0167BB3F@mailgate.execpc.com> >X-Mailer: Calypso Evaluation Version 2.40.41.04 >Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 17:04:18 -0500 >From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> >To: mhall@mfi.com >Subject: Open Source Operating Systems > *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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