Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:07:49 -0800 (PST) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Lewis Thompson <purple@lewiz.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Essay. Message-ID: <20031113065505.Q3617@d66-183-123-52.bchsia.telus.net> In-Reply-To: <20031112190135.GA89662@lewiz.org> References: <20031112190135.GA89662@lewiz.org>
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lewis Thompson wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task > of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be > pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is > interesting, the OS I advocate and that I shall write about this. > > I am planning to write a brief history of the four BSDs, going way > back in time (probably a few words on Ritchie, etc.) but then > concentrate on FreeBSD. 1000 words is awfully short to cover such a general topic in any detail--a few sentences on each would use up that much space easily. A couple of alternatives I can think of would be: to use FreeBSD as representative of the BSD's in general and focus on open source technology and describe some of the advantages and disadvantages compared to Windows; or what makes the BSD's different from Linux, since most people who aren't familiar with PC-unices will probably have at least heard of Linux and are likely to consider FreeBSD to be the same thing, more or less. Cheers, Viktor
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