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Date:      Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:54:39 -0800
From:      Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Companies awaiting 5.0 technology
Message-ID:  <200211081054.19159.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
In-Reply-To: <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com>
References:  <20021108113648.80417.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com> <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com>

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On Friday 08 November 2002 06:54 am, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Here's a few things I think look "cool":
> lomac(4)
> nmdm(4)
> PECOFF (??)
> options REGRESSION (??)
> conscontrol(8)
> vinum (new changes, enhancements)
> snapshots
> extended attributes for files/directories
> Inode filesystem (IFS)
> Access Control Lists (ACLs)
> NFS enhancements
> pseudofs (??)
> ACPI support
> devinfo tool
> background fscking (background_fsck in rc.conf(5))
> growfs - not new, but still cool
> nsswitch - hosts.conf is dead
> PAM enhancements, and new modules
> rpc.lockd - NFS locking

As an ex-salesman recovered enough to admit it, features are not "cool", 
benefits are. The above is a list of features. Only a geek would find it 
sexy. We need a list of benefits. A feature is a "what is it", a benefit is a 
"what it does for you."

David

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