Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:33:25 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where's the 3.0 press release? Message-ID: <19981026113325.E16609@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9810251725420.26960-200000@orion.webspan.net>; from Chris Watson on Sun, Oct 25, 1998 at 05:36:14PM -0500 References: <19981025140312.A29819@nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.02.9810251725420.26960-200000@orion.webspan.net>
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On Sunday, 25 October 1998 at 17:36:14 -0500, Chris Watson wrote:
>
> Well ok if you CANT wait 6 days till its daemon news :-)
Well, one reason might be that people on this list might have
suggestions for improvement. I think it's pretty good, but I'm still
going to suggest some changes :-)
> It is not perfect, probably has errors, but the BSD news guys will
> take care of that.
The more the merrier.
> But this is what I sent them. Most of the layout was suggested by
> brett glass, who had to spell a lot of things out for me because
> english is not my main language anymore FreeBSD is. I *think* the
> only thing brett wanted changed that I didnt change was the o
> bullets section that listed new features. Brett said this should be
> short sentences and to remove the bullets. But since it was slated
> for BSD news only, I figured the readers were more intelligent than
> some PR guy at CNet or PCMAG so I left them in.
It's not a question of intelligence, it's a question of style. I
agree with Brett that, for a PR, there should be no bullets. I agree
with you that, for Dæmon News, the bullets look OK.
> That needs to be considered if this PR is used as a template in the
> future. But its a good starting block I think. And hopefully now
> that we have something to build on, everytime "PR" is mentioned we
> wont have to hash out what should and should not be in it, just take
> this and modify it. Jordan gave the OK for it to be in BSD news so
> i'm assuming that it's ok to post it here. If not im sure I'll here
> about it.
You can post most things here :-)
> ----- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -----
>
> FREEBSD INC. ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF FREEBSD 3.0!
No bang, please.
> WALNUT CREEK, CA --
>
> FreeBSD Inc. announced today the release of the ground-breaking FreeBSD
> 3.0 UNIX operating system! FreeBSD is the fast, powerfull, UNIX operating
3.0 UNIX operating system. FreeBSD is the fast, powerful, operating
> system derived from 4.4 BSD UNIX.
system derived from 4.4BSD UNIX.
> "FreeBSD has been extremely stable for us. Two years after discovering
> FreeBSD, we have yet to find a reason why we should switch to anything
> else." -- David Filo, Yahoo! Co-founder
>
> Building on FreeBSD's reputation of quality, stability, and performance,
> 3.0 introduces:
>
> o A new "CAM" (Common Access Method) SCSI subsystem which offers
> improved performance, better error recovery and support for more
> SCSI controllers.
>
> o Host ATM Research Platform ("HARP") software by
> Network Computing Services, Inc.
>
> o SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) support added.
o SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) support.
> o Sun's WEBNFS standard is now supported.
o Sun's WEBNFS standard.
> o Improvements to the filesystem with Softupdates allows for
> asynchronous speeds with sychronous safety.
You'll have to delete this. It's not in the release: you can get the
software, but you have to fulfil some conditions (in particular, if
you're a commercial operation, it'll cost you money).
> o The new default binary type (and compiler toolchain) has been switched
> from a.out to ELF.
from a.out to ELF. a.out object files are still completely supported.
> o Async IO is implemented with additional support for kernel assisted
> threads.
Really? I missed this one.
> o The introduction of the Coda Filesystem, an NFS replacemnt.
>
> o Hardware RAID support levels 0, 1 and 5.
>
>
> "The FreeBSD 3.0 release is a significant milestone in our ongoing
> develpoment process. It boasts major performance and security features
> which strengthen FreeBSD's position as a premier server platform and
> provides a solid foundation on which we will continue to build the 3.x
> family of products." -- Mike Smith, FreeBSD Engineer
>
> The price for the standard 4 CDROM set from Walnut Creek is $39.95. The 4
> CDROM set with "The Complete FreeBSD" book is $69.95
>
> FreeBSD may be downloaded free from the internet or purchased on 4 CD-ROMS
> from Walnut Creek. For more information see http://www.freebsd.org. To
> order the 4 CDROM set see http://www.cdrom.com.
Apart from those minor nits, I think it's a pretty good PR.
Greg
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