From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 08:04:43 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 70DD837B401 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:04:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4FF9943FBD for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:04:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 10507 invoked by uid 65534); 1 Aug 2003 15:04:41 -0000 Received: from dsl-cust-145.openweb.ca (EHLO [64.39.186.145]) (64.39.186.145) by mail.gmx.net (mp012) with SMTP; 01 Aug 2003 17:04:40 +0200 From: Adam To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <03a101c357fc$0c1e6700$3501a8c0@pro.sk> References: <03a101c357fc$0c1e6700$3501a8c0@pro.sk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1059750313.87906.84.camel@elwood> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 01 Aug 2003 11:05:13 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: What is OUT OF THE BOX 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: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:04:43 -0000 On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 03:10, Peter Rosa wrote: > sorry for the stupid question, which should not be here, > but sometimes you use phrase "OUT-OF-THE-BOX". > It can be also found on FBSD web-pages. I'm not from > english-speaking country and I really do not know what > does it mean. > Can you explain, please ? 'Out of the box' means that something is in its default state, without being customized. It is supposed to give the impression of how a product appears right when you take it out of the box, before you integrate it into your life and customize it. Hope this makes sense. ;p -- Adam