Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 20:13:05 -0400 From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: rah.star-gate.com!hasty@dg-rtp.dg.com, witr@rwwa.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TCL vs... Message-ID: <199509240013.UAA10946@lakes>
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Amancio said: > >>> Robert Withrow said: > > > >>> Peter da Silva said: > > > > > The "FreeBSD killer app" syndrome smells like technology for the > > > > > sake of technology. > > > > > > > > Quite the contrary. It's a challenge to that mindset. > > > > > > Sorry I don't consider this a challenge at all. > > > > > What will end users do with FreeBSD? > > > So lets see, hack on device drivers, VM systems, add new system calls, etc > .. > > > > Well, in my company's case, they use it to measure and manufacture > > jet engines...In a nifty integrated yet distributed way... > > > > And I am sure that your company developed or ported the application. > BTW: I am very impressed... > > This brings about another interesting point what are people doing > with FreeBSD besides kernel hacking or system related work? > > Amancio Well - I know this was from a long time ago; I've been laid up with a bad back for quite a while; and am just now able to sit up long enough to read mail. Anyway, I thought I'd respond to Amancio's question. I use FreeBSD at home as a uucp connection to several sites on the east coast. I use FreeBSD at work as another endian host for the SAS/C Cross-Platform C compiler (an IBM-370 targetted ANSI C/C++ system.) My goal is to address all the endian issues in the product, without having to set up a different (i.e. windows) build environment. I was even able to talk my managers into getting me a fancy Dell P-90 to do this with... Also, we use it, along with a SunOs 4.1.x box, as our BSD reference, when we need to determine "Now just what does UNIX do with this function?" [We have some other SysV boxes to answer that end of the question.] - Dave Rivers -
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