From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 8 3:36:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7B037B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 03:36:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from web11807.mail.yahoo.com (web11807.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.172.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8823E43E3B for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 03:36:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wyldephyre2@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20021108113648.80417.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [211.28.96.5] by web11807.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 03:36:48 PST Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 03:36:48 -0800 (PST) From: Haikal Saadh Subject: Re: Companies awaiting 5.0 technology To: Konrad Heuer , Michael Lucas Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20021108084313.H607-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --- Konrad Heuer wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Michael Lucas wrote: > > > As many of you know, I'm working on the press release for 5.0-R. > > > > I'm looking for quotes from corporate types who are planning to > use > > some of the nifty new features in 5.0-R, such as KSE, MAC, etc. > If > > your company is planning to use some of these features, or is > waiting > > for them with baited breath, or they will solve problems for you, > > please drop me a line. I'd like to get several quotes from > companies > > with name recognition to help pull us forward. > > > > I don't need "5.0 is cool," I need "We plan to utilize X in > FreeBSD > > 5.0 to increase our product's effectiveness." > > > > I can't promise to use them all, of course, but I'll use as much > as I > > can. Hopefully, I'll have a wide variety of sound bites to > choose > > from. > > I think it would be useful to make a short summary available that > describes the important new features in 5.0-R. I by myself for > example > have heard and read this and that but would be interested in facts. > > Best regards > Konrad Heuer (kheuer@gwdg.de) > Pick 'N' Mix from the release notes here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/DP1/relnotes-i386.html At least that's for DP1, but should be a good idea of what's in store. I don't track -current, so I wouldn't be the best person to ask. Looking at this, it seems most the good stuff has been MFC'ed already. So do they count as 'new'? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message