From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 12:06:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3654D16A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:06:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 747FC43FA3 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:06:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paulbeard@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (12-231-115-57.client.attbi.com[12.231.115.57]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2003111220061101600r53sce>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:06:13 +0000 Message-ID: <3FB292AE.5020100@mac.com> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:06:06 -0800 From: paul beard User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031103 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lewis Thompson References: <20031112190135.GA89662@lewiz.org> In-Reply-To: <20031112190135.GA89662@lewiz.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD Essay. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:06:15 -0000 Lewis Thompson wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task > of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be > pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is > interesting, the OS I advocate and that I shall write about this. > > I am planning to write a brief history of the four BSDs, going way > back in time (probably a few words on Ritchie, etc.) but then > concentrate on FreeBSD. I think showing the pedigree is a good idea. I would extend it to discuss and demonstrate how FreeBSD is a system with solid design principles and a resourceful community around it. It's benefits are more than technical, as anyone on this list can attest. Given the short length, I think an overview of how FreeBSD came to be, it's strengths, and whatever seems appropriate in the projected evolution would be worth reading. > I'm really asking if anybody can suggest any particularly interesting > topics that I can go away and research and then include in my essay. I > guess since it's only a short essay I can't have /too/ much detail and I > didn't particularly want to try and explain something /very/ complicated > (although please suggest just the same ;). -- Paul Beard whois -h whois.networksolutions.com ha=pb202 Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?