From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 13:41:50 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 3667C16A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:41:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1044043FB1 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:41:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from server2.messagingengine.com (server2.internal [10.202.2.133]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C9E400200; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:41:46 -0500 (EST) Received: by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 7433075B60; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:41:45 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) From: "Jud" To: "Alex de Kruijff" , "Lewis Thompson" Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:41:45 -0500 X-Sasl-Enc: +Sw0YyJG+LgASjKk1PIFlA 1068673305 References: <20031112190135.GA89662@lewiz.org> <20031112204140.GE963@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20031112204140.GE963@dds.nl> Message-Id: <20031112214145.7433075B60@server2.messagingengine.com> 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 21:41:50 -0000 On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:41:40 +0100, "Alex de Kruijff" said: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:01:36PM +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. > > My advise would be to pick one subject and stick with that. Don't go > into the history in general if you for something detailed about FreeBSD > and if you go for the hirstory don't write about something detailed. > You'll proberbly find that you have lots to write about. > > I have two subjects you may like: > 1. The history starting from 1978 until now. Perhaps something about the > feutere of BSD (dead), BSDi (could be dead), FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. > 2. FreeBSD 5 (History of FreeBSD 5, feutes, compersent betwain 4 and 5 > and 5 and linux. If you have space over one detailed subject.) > > The history in it self should be larg enove and intersating on its own. > You could start with the outcomming of Unix and go on to the univeristy > of Berkley. Then go to the outcomming of FreeBSD, NetBSD and BSDi. > Followed by the lawsute betain Unix and BSDi & BSD. Then OpenBSD came > out in 1995. Recently Apple followed with Darwin (based on NetBSD and > FreeBSD). As altenative there are two CD versions (NetBox and FreeBIE) > and a small version (PicoBSD) wich are based on FreeBSD. Ending with a > compersent betwain all versions. > > > 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 ;). > > Another subject would be the outcomming of FreeBSD 5. If you go this way > skip the general history!! Only go for the relevent history for this > version. Then coninue on the new and cool feutures of FreeBSD 5. Maybe > talk about one or two in more detail. And a compersent betwain FreeBSD 4 > and 5. For something sufficiently technical as well as a bit controversial, what about comparing/contrasting the two roads from version 4 of FreeBSD - version 5 vs. DragonflyBSD? Jud