From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 29 02:16:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA10994 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 02:16:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bird.te.rl.ac.uk (bird.te.rl.ac.uk [130.246.19.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA10987 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 02:16:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tmb@rcru.rl.ac.uk) Received: from rcru.rl.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bird.te.rl.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA10289 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:14:28 GMT (envelope-from tmb@rcru.rl.ac.uk) Message-Id: <199801291014.KAA10289@bird.te.rl.ac.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD Writeup in UK Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:14:27 +0000 From: Mark Blackman Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe chat" For those craving a bit more publicity for FreeBSD, a nice dose in "Computer Shopper". FreeBSD got a fairly positive four-page writeup in March 1998 "Computer Shopper" (just out) This is a fairly popular PC-oriented magazine in the UK. Anyway, on p. 789, Mike James runs through acquisition, installation and general use of FreeBSD. He compares it to a well-known public-domain unix clone and phrases like "fewer minor irritations", "fewer glitches and peculiarities", "more polished", "more stable", "fewer rough edges", "mission-critical" pop up. Buy that man a pint! I wonder if Mike James was put on to FreeBSD by somebody or he just stumbled over it. This is the first dedicated FreeBSD write-up I've seen in the UK, so maybe the time has come. Computer Shopper has a few good columns and reviews, but more noted for the very comprehensive advertising bumpf. It's literally about 80% adverts. Which makes it a nice resource for doing price comparisons for commodity items. Regards, Mark Blackman Radio Communications Research Unit Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Didcot Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX UK