Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:25:35 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Pervaiz Choudhry <pervaiz@splunk.com> Cc: Erik Swan <erik@splunk.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Embedded in 3rd Party Applications and Appliances? Message-ID: <44y7ge19cw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <32689E5C-7A17-42EA-A782-F7B310CDD54B@splunk.com> (Pervaiz Choudhry's message of "Sun\, 12 Aug 2007 10\:30\:20 -0700") References: <32689E5C-7A17-42EA-A782-F7B310CDD54B@splunk.com>
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Pervaiz Choudhry <pervaiz@splunk.com> writes:
> We are trying determine cost and benefits of supporting FreeBSD
> platform for OEM market. Does any one have data on the installbase
> for FreeBSD "Embedded" in 3rd party applications and appliances? We
> are looking for ball park numbers.
There is no requirement to tell anyone else that you're using FreeBSD
in a product, so some people don't. As a result, I would be highly
suspicious of any numbers anyone *could* come up with (I would expect
such numbers to miss a lot of applications).
A better approach in my opinion would be to look at specific use
cases; the FreeBSD web site includes some information of that sort.
One example not listed there is that Juniper Networks routers control
plane ("JunOS", I think) is based on FreeBSD.
Good luck.
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