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Date:      Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:01:17 +0300
From:      Manolis Kiagias <manolis@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, "doc@FreeBSD.org" <doc@FreeBSD.org>, Gabor PALI <pgj@FreeBSD.org>, Daichi GOTO <daichi@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>, Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org>, Manolis Kiagias <manolis@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Add a VirtualBox section to Handbook's 'Virtualization' chapter
Message-ID:  <4A61733D.9010702@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090717215636.GA1141@arthur.nitro.dk>
References:  <4A5C5F13.7030607@FreeBSD.org> <4A5D5ED7.5000101@freebsd.org> <20090717215636.GA1141@arthur.nitro.dk>

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Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2009.07.15 13:45:11 +0900, Daichi GOTO wrote:
>
> [replying to random post in the thread]
>
>   
>>     For a number of years, FreeBSD was not officially supported as....
>>     
>
> Is this statement really correct?  qemu has been running fine on
> FreeBSD for quite a while...
>
> Personally I think the entire first parapgrah could just be cut... I
> don't think the history part matters for readers of the handbook.
>   

But isn't qemu distinctly different in the way it works from a
virtualization program like VMWare or VirtualBox?
I think the first paragraph serves well as a gentle introduction to the
topic.

> One nit is that the text contains 'UNIX®-type' - that's not allowed
> for the UNIX trademark (and in general probably not for most
> trademarks).  Something like 'UNIX® like' should be fine.
>   

Yes, I think you are right here.

> On a simlar note "Sun(tm)'s" should just be "Sun's" as it's refering
> to Sun, the company, and not Sun as used as part of a trademark.  For
> added fun VirtualBox is actually a Sun trademark [1] and should be
> handled as such.  I'm suddenly reminded that I know way more about
> trademarks than I want to :-).
>
>   

Heh, definitely. So I'll add a trademark for VirtualBox.

> Oh, and s/wiki.freebsd.org/wiki.FreeBSD.org/
>
>   

Right here too. I'll commit these changes later today.



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