From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 26 11:39:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC28F16A401 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:39:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A9B213C458 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:39:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 26 Jan 2007 06:39:25 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id MVF22122; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:39:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-203-219.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.203.219]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 26 Jan 2007 06:39:24 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17849.59412.208973.390543@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:37:56 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <45B8B022.1020909@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <20070125140805.B115E13C459@mx1.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Status: score=44/50, host=mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=suspect(9), refid=str=0001.0A090205.45B9E86B.00AC,ss=2,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.125/2006-10-10 Subject: Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:39:25 -0000 Juha Saarinen writes: > > People from the media doesnt know that FreeBSD Unix exists. > > Rubbish. I have known about the existence of FreeBSD (and other BSD > variants) for a great many years now. Indeed. Not long after Linux appeared on the radar of the general public, the tech reporter for my local paper (which, being the /Boston Globe/ is not quite as tech-challenged as most publications, but even so) did a very nice and very accurate called something like "The most important OS you've never heard about." Robert Huff