Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 21:40:54 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: jmutter@netwalk.com Cc: Alexander Goller <alex@vivien.franken.de>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel inBusiness Storage Station Message-ID: <37F038C6.8F631E4A@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909262111510.18019-100000@insomnia.local.net>
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"James A. Mutter" wrote:
>
> :> i just came across a one page article about the Intel InBusiness
> :> Storage Station in the german c't computer magazine 20/99 (one of the
> :> better ones up here). The Storage Station is some kind of Networked
> :> Attached Storage, similar to Netgear and the author claims it is
> :> running FreeBSD together with a journaling file system from Intel.
> :> Intel is not mentioning FreeBSD after a first glance.
> :> Any comments on this ?
> :
> :Ok, i mailed the author of the article and he says that a FreeBSD
> :login prompt appears when he logs in via telnet :) He also said he
> :contacted some Intel technician which confirmed it's running FreeBSD.
> :I don't really know if it was known before, i grepped my mailing list
> :archives and didn't find anything, so maybe that's some news for
> :advocacy.
> :
>
> Anyone with contacts at Intel care to confirm this? Would it be
> possible to get Intel to make this public knowledge (if it is indeed
> true). I imagine with all the press that opensource has been getting
> lately that this would be a good thing for Intel, no?
Yes, I have contacts at Intel. The StorageStation was OEM'd, not done by
the rest of the InBusiness team, for whom I used to work. There is a
minor war going on inside Intel's Network Products Division over FreeBSD
vs. Linux for future embedded projects, and the engineering manager who
is fighting for FreeBSD -- a personal friend who hopes to win we back --
is unwilling to make any public statements of any sort until and unless
FreeBSD wins the war.
Given the battle I fought (and won) with the documentation staff at Intel,
I'm certain you'll find a relatively complete set of copyright information
somewhere in the printed docs. That should certainly contain enough to
claim this as a FreeBSD port.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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