Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:29:07 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention in "The Register" Message-ID: <38C59ED3.8B0858A7@softweyr.com> References: <200003072158.OAA00367@usr09.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > FreeBSD was mentioned as the basis for the Mac OS X: > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/000224-000014.html > > > > > > near the bottom: > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > MacOS X's FreeBSD microkernel-based architecture makes it an ideal > > > basis for a high-stable (if hi-fis and VCRs don't crash, neither can > > > consumer electronics Net appliances) yet compact (store it in Flash > > > RAM) appliance OS. Just add a cut-back Mac GUI and you're away. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Maybe they are calling FreeBSD a microkernel after seen the > > > size of a Windows 2000 "minumal installation"? 8-). > > > > Did you daily.daemonnews.org this? > > No, sorry, I am in the middle of a release cycle, and am on the > hook for approximately 16,000 words of technical writing. It's OK, I did. Your latency seems to be running a bit high at the moment. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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