From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Aug 8 17:29: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9914837B660 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:28:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.84.63]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000809002845.YUNJ16423.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain> for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:28:45 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA04975 for advocacy@freebsd.org; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:28:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:28:42 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: 64-bit FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000809012842.M250@parish> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In an article about Yahoo's use of Intel architecture amongst several mentions that they use FreeBSD was this: The company also reviews new technologies constantly. As an IA-64 early development partner, Yahoo! is working to advance a version of FreeBSD that is optimized for the 64-bit IntelŪ Itanium[tm] processor and future IA-64 processors. With support for massive 64-bit memory addressability, IA-64-optimized software could enable Yahoo! to place truly vast Web indexes directly into server system memory for lightning-fast response. http://www.intel.com/eBusiness/estrategies/casestudies/yahoo/business.htm -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Aug 8 18:37:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.thuntek.net (mail2.thuntek.net [206.206.98.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 007C537B8C3 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:37:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Don@Silver-Lynx.com) Received: from Silver-Lynx.com (abq-161.thuntek.net [207.66.52.161]) by mail2.thuntek.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA24928 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:20:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from Don@Silver-Lynx.com) Message-ID: <399087F4.846EA3CB@Silver-Lynx.com> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 16:21:40 -0600 From: Don Wilde Reply-To: Don@Silver-Lynx.com Organization: Silver Lynx X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: From PRNewswire's newsletter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>> **1. FUTURE OF OPEN SOURCE - NEWSFORGE.COM. For a story about the future of open source, I'd like to speak with experts in the field of open source, GNU/Linux and GPL. Newsforge.com is a forthcoming open source news Web site. Need leads by 5 p.m. EDT tomorrow, August 9. >>> Tina Gasperson [cm::8/8:2715] >>> Calling all REAL experts in Open Source... :-) -- Donald Wilde "Linking Minds and Micros" ================= S i l v e r L y n x =================== PMB 117, 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd SE v: 505-771-0709 f: 771-1356 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 web: http://www.Silver-Lynx.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Aug 8 18:44:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EABC37B58B for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:44:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr06.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01060 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:43:02 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr06.primenet.com(206.165.6.206) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAakaa5b; Tue Aug 8 18:42:47 2000 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA18263 for advocacy@freebsd.org; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:44:32 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <200008090144.SAA18263@usr06.primenet.com> Subject: FreeBSD box on first page of www.ibm.com To: advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:44:32 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Others might not think this is cool, but since I worked on the thing... If you go to: http://www.ibm.com/ The first thing you will see for the next while is an offer to buy Web Connections, which includes the Whistle InterJet. This is a box running FreeBSD. Cool, eh? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Aug 8 18:49:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (obie.softweyr.com [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C699837B58B for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (Foolstrustident!@homer.softweyr.com [204.68.178.39]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02233; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:48:38 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3990B9C1.824E6A14@softweyr.com> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 19:54:09 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.1-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Morten A. Middelthon" Cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD in the web/internet References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Morten A. Middelthon" wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > > > Folks, > > > > from time to time I stumble across a site which is using or mentioning > > that it is using FreeBSD with success. > > > > Can we (if not already set provisions for) collect these as links > > like "FreeBSD in the press"? > > Like this? > http://www.freebsd.org/news/press.html Or this? http://daily.daemonnews.org/ -- "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 From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Aug 9 1:55:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from charles.dircon.net (charles.dircon.net [195.157.2.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22FE637B669 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:55:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tmb@dircon.net) Received: from diablo.dircon.net (desk108.ch.dircon.net [195.157.3.108]) by charles.dircon.net with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id QNMTTXK4; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:55:11 +0100 Received: by diablo.dircon.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 65E9D1B20C; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:55:05 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:55:05 +0100 From: Mark Blackman To: Terry Lambert Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD box on first page of www.ibm.com Message-ID: <20000809095504.A9324@diablo.dircon.net> References: <200008090144.SAA18263@usr06.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200008090144.SAA18263@usr06.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 01:44:32AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Why is this thing US only? I think this would go down well in the UK where the Cobalt systems are doing very well. On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 01:44:32AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > Others might not think this is cool, but since I worked on the > thing... > > If you go to: > > http://www.ibm.com/ > > The first thing you will see for the next while is an offer > to buy Web Connections, which includes the Whistle InterJet. > > This is a box running FreeBSD. > > Cool, eh? > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Aug 9 7: 2:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from bne005m.server-mail.com (bne005m.server-mail.com [202.139.234.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C3A837BB26 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 07:02:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wyldephyre2@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 10166 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2000 14:02:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warhawk) (203.147.163.67) by bne005m.server-mail.com with SMTP; 9 Aug 2000 14:02:50 -0000 Message-ID: <004101c0020b$03f72c00$0101a8c0@mshome.net> From: "Haikal Saadh" To: Subject: The daemon returns to UF... Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:06:20 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ...for those of you who don't read userfriendly, the comic strip, the bsd daemon is making a re-apperance..(since yesterday actually, but better late than never). [www.userfriendly.org/static] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Aug 10 17:11:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4DAF37BB65 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:11:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA53705 for advocacy@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:11:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas) From: Michael Lucas Message-Id: <200008110011.UAA53705@blackhelicopters.org> Subject: BSDcon hotels? To: advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:11:52 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This isn't really on-topic, but it fits better here than anywhere... Well, I just went to snag a hotel for the BSDcon trip, and found that the Hyatt is just a bit out of my price range. :/ So, can anyone recommend a decent hotel near the con? Walking or short taxi distance would be best. It doesn't have to be grand, just with an absence of roaches and basically-clean sheets. Thanks, ==ml To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Aug 10 20:31:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte15.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.244.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09D137BE66 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:31:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Received: from localhost (lplist@localhost) by q.closedsrc.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e7B3UHA31433; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:30:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:30:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham To: Michael Lucas Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDcon hotels? In-Reply-To: <200008110011.UAA53705@blackhelicopters.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Michael Lucas mumbled: > This isn't really on-topic, but it fits better here than anywhere... > > Well, I just went to snag a hotel for the BSDcon trip, and found that > the Hyatt is just a bit out of my price range. :/ > > So, can anyone recommend a decent hotel near the con? Walking or > short taxi distance would be best. It doesn't have to be grand, just > with an absence of roaches and basically-clean sheets. Have you tried Expedia.com or Travelocity.com for a list of hotels in the area? // Linh Pham // http://closedsrc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Aug 11 4:28:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A4F37C094 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 04:28:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA55309; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:28:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas) From: Michael Lucas Message-Id: <200008111128.HAA55309@blackhelicopters.org> Subject: Re: BSDcon hotels? In-Reply-To: from Linh Pham at "Aug 10, 2000 8:30:17 pm" To: lplist@closedsrc.org (Linh Pham) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:28:42 -0400 (EDT) Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Been there-- there's several affordable, but I was hoping for a recommendation. Similarly-priced hotels often have *very* different accomodations. :) In any event, it's taken care of. Thanks to all who answered. > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Michael Lucas mumbled: > > > This isn't really on-topic, but it fits better here than anywhere... > > > > Well, I just went to snag a hotel for the BSDcon trip, and found that > > the Hyatt is just a bit out of my price range. :/ > > > > So, can anyone recommend a decent hotel near the con? Walking or > > short taxi distance would be best. It doesn't have to be grand, just > > with an absence of roaches and basically-clean sheets. > > Have you tried Expedia.com or Travelocity.com for a list of hotels in > the area? > > // Linh Pham > // http://closedsrc.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Aug 11 12:17:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from postal.linkfast.net (postal.linkfast.net [208.160.105.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 960F137B9A6 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:17:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grasshacker@linkfast.net) Received: by postal.linkfast.net (Postfix, from userid 103) id 5FF859B30; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:17:53 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:17:53 -0500 From: GH To: "Person, Roderick" Cc: 'James Howard' , John , Haikal Saadh , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A depressing thought.. Message-ID: <20000811141753.A18655@linkfast.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from personrp@ccbh.com on Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 08:50:44AM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Even better, a perfect explanation for the Microsoft ruling of the world: ``With so many good word processors, it's just not worth it.'' --with regard to learning how to spell correctly. --spewed from the mind and vocals of a 25-year-old male. I regularly give up on making the world a better place. gh On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 08:50:44AM -0400, some silly person named Person, Roderick blurbed out > My favorite told to me by a co-worker, after I told him I only use NT and M$ > stuff at work and since he hate NT and M$ why does he use it at home. > > "Everybody else uses it, so I do too." > > I seem to think, if you have this attitude among people with technical > knowledge that M$ will remain the dominate OS dispute the fact that it > sucks. > > Roderick P. Person > Programmer II > Crystal Administrator > (412)454-2616 > personrp@ccbh.com > > "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, > would it?" > Albert Einstein > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Howard [mailto:howardjp@glue.umd.edu] > Sent: July 26, 2000 10:06 PM > To: John > Cc: Haikal Saadh; advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: A depressing thought.. > > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, John wrote: > > > "Go with NT. After all, it's a Bill Gates World." > > I once heard in a staff meeting, "Microsoft is the world," as the argument > for replacing tried and true OpenVMS systems with WinNT. > > Oh well. > > J~ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message