Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 23:10:56 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Data Communications Magazine article Message-ID: <370C3A60.5D005F12@softweyr.com> References: <370C3132.29B9E0F2@softweyr.com> <19990408151256.L2142@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Wednesday, 7 April 1999 at 22:31:46 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > Mr. Lee Bruno, > > Data Communications Magazine > > > > Re: your April 7, 1999 article "Open-Source Software: Power to the People" > > > > Mr. Bruno, > > > > I read the referenced article with great interest and care. I am > > pleased to see such even and fair coverage of Open Source software, > > and am particularly pleased to see your mention of BSD systems, often > > overlooked by your colleagues in the popular computing press. > > > > I would like to provide you with some additional information on the > > wealth of openly available software for BSD systems. Your article > > missed some relatively important functionality that your readers may > > need in order to make informed decisions about what BSD systems may do > > for them. > > Hmmm. How about: > > It's often difficult to research such articles, and it's possible > that you may not have been aware of some relatively important > functionality that your readers may need in order to make informed > decisions about what BSD systems may do for them. Better. I'll reply with an update after this. > > Paid professional support is available for the FreeBSD operating > > system from FreeBSD Mall; details are available at > > http://www.freebsdmall.com/. Each of the Open Source BSD operating > > system groups also offers lists of consultants familiar with BSD > > systems; many of these can provide professional support on an ad hoc > > basis > > "Ad hoc" sounds negative. How about "individual"? Good choice. > > as well. All are supported through the usual mail and web resources > > as mentioned in your article. > > > > ... > > > > Linux does have a 2 GByte filesystem, ext2fs, but this limitation has > > never hampered BSD systems. > > Yes it has. As you say yourself, it's been "for years". IIRC In > 4.3BSD the limit was 2 GB. Ah, yes. OK, I'll correct that quote. > > *** Need to quote maximum file and filesystem sizes here. *** > > I don't think we can. File systems can be more than 100 GB, and you'd > have to calculate the maximum file size. It depends on the (square > of) the block size. And the largest supported block size is? > > *** Need a good reference for Vinum here. At a minimum, we > > can point him at http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html if OK > > with Greg Lehey. *** > > What's wrong with that? Should I update it? I suppose that question > answers itself. Anyway, you (or anybody else) are welcome to quote > it. It says right on the page that it's not up-to-date. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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