Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 00:16:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: garbanzo@hooked.net (Alex Zepeda) Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD? In Japan? Message-ID: <199907270016.RAA23570@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907261706020.289-100000@localhost> from "Alex Zepeda" at Jul 26, 99 05:10:09 pm
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> Hmm. According to the latest spewage from slashdot, "TurboLinux" is the > #1 OS in Japan.. wading through the posts, it's noted that they are > counting only retail sales. Yet, I've managed to unearth a lovely post: > > Re:Don't forget FREEBSD > by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 26, @07:20PM EDT (#69) > No. FreeBSD is invisible in Japan. I've lived here for 18 months and > the Linux momentum is awesome. I've seen Linux on sale at newstands > and drug stores. Never seen any BSD on sale anywhere. Sorry. > > /me wonders what the real truth is.. KAME and WIDE and the University of Tokyo all use FreeBSD for their Mobile IP projects. Also, it is rumored that there will soon be a "Jordan Hubbard" garage kit released, for all of you FreeBSD Otaku... it's rumored, though, that it's really just a "Riding Bean" kit with a replacement head, but initial reactions have been Subarashi! Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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