Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:18:51 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org Subject: Re: I need some data for a mainstream news artical Message-ID: <4002C8EB.8060409@offmyserver.com> In-Reply-To: <4002C7CD.3040002@potentialtech.com> References: <4002C7CD.3040002@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > Hello all, > > I've managed to get a contact with a local newspaper (Pittsburgh > Post-Gazette) > and I'm trying to help her put together an article on open source software. > > She's curious to put in some examples of things that run OSS that people > might > not even be aware of (such as TiVo boxes). > > I'm sure that between the various BSDs (especially NetBSD) there are > lots of > devices using OSS. Some specific examples would be a great help to my > advocacy efforts in this area. > > Any specifics or pointers to sites or any type of information whatsoever > would be very helpful! > > TIA > Apart from the tons of stuff Linux is used for, we use FreeBSD as a platform to develop server appliances (DNS, IDS/IDP, mail, etc). I'm not a big NetBSD person (run it on an Ultra 1 that FreeBSD won't work on yet), but I imagine that if you want to find a BSD that runs on embedded systems, that you check out stuff on NetBSD. NetBSD currently runs on everything, including my toaster ;). To be quite serious, it will run on pocket PCs, Dreamcasts, ... you name it. I'd do a http://www.google.com/bsd?q=netbsd+embedded search. I believe there's also a NetBSD-Advocacy list similar to ours, you may want to ask there (I'm forwarding your message to that list as well). NetBSD folks: let it loose :) --Devon
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