From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu May 27 17:58:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE4C414CB6 for ; Thu, 27 May 1999 17:58:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from bragg (bragg [129.127.36.34]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id KAA31765 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 10:28:40 +0930 (CST) Received: from localhost by bragg; (5.65/1.1.8.2/05Aug95-0227PM) id AA30603; Fri, 28 May 1999 10:29:39 +0930 Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:29:39 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway X-Sender: kkennawa@bragg To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Microsoft praises FreeBSD Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a moment of boredom at work I decided to run a search on microsoft.com for "FreeBSD". It turned up references in two pages (both in pages relating to the antitrust trial, so it's doubtful whether this is a "real" opinion of M$ or just one cooked up to portray themselves as the underdog. For the Australians reading this, I guess this would be a "non-core" opinion). 215.Another important variant of UNIX is "FreeBSD." As its name implies, FreeBSD is indeed free of charge; it is a robust version of UNIX known best for its high quality networking software. The source code is also freely available under a license similar to that used by the Apache Web server, thus enabling the FreeBSD developers to take advantage of the same "open source" groundswell that Linux leverages. Like its more popular cousin Linux, FreeBSD enjoys a growing population of users and developers who contribute to the product. I don't think this carries much weight given the context, but it's nonetheless interesting. Kris ----- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." -- Unknown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message