Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:29:00 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: jmutter@netwalk.com, Alexander Goller <alex@vivien.franken.de>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel inBusiness Storage Station Message-ID: <37F0DEBC.64450AC5@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909262111510.18019-100000@insomnia.local.net> <37F038C6.8F631E4A@softweyr.com> <19990928125615.B34224@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
>
> On [19990928 09:02], Wes Peters (wes@softweyr.com) wrote:
>
> >Yes, I have contacts at Intel. The StorageStation was OEM'd, not done by
> >the rest of the InBusiness team, for whom I used to work. There is a
> >minor war going on inside Intel's Network Products Division over FreeBSD
> >vs. Linux for future embedded projects, and the engineering manager who
> >is fighting for FreeBSD -- a personal friend who hopes to win we back --
> >is unwilling to make any public statements of any sort until and unless
> >FreeBSD wins the war.
>
> Wes,
>
> can you ask him what he needs in order to win even more ground over
> Linux?
Nothing technical, it will be won or lost purely on the licensing argument.
I'm sticking my nose into the same battle at my current employer. Same
arguments, plus the fact that both are already using FreeBSD, not Linux,
in currently shipping products.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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