From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 8 10:55: 1 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 C24E137B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from thor.acuson.com (thor.acuson.com [157.226.71.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FEB43EA3 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:54:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com (mvaexch02.acuson.com [157.226.230.209]) by thor.acuson.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H59008ETTT3KS@thor.acuson.com> for advocacy@freebsd.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:53:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:50:45 -0800 Received: from balderdash.acuson.com (dhcp-46-117.acuson.com [157.226.46.117]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id V00L2QGS; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:52:50 -0800 Content-return: allowed Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:54:39 -0800 From: Johnson David Subject: Re: Companies awaiting 5.0 technology In-reply-to: <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com> To: Eric Anderson Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Message-id: <200211081054.19159.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Organization: Siemens Medical Systems MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20021108113648.80417.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com> <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com> 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 On Friday 08 November 2002 06:54 am, Eric Anderson wrote: > Here's a few things I think look "cool": > lomac(4) > nmdm(4) > PECOFF (??) > options REGRESSION (??) > conscontrol(8) > vinum (new changes, enhancements) > snapshots > extended attributes for files/directories > Inode filesystem (IFS) > Access Control Lists (ACLs) > NFS enhancements > pseudofs (??) > ACPI support > devinfo tool > background fscking (background_fsck in rc.conf(5)) > growfs - not new, but still cool > nsswitch - hosts.conf is dead > PAM enhancements, and new modules > rpc.lockd - NFS locking As an ex-salesman recovered enough to admit it, features are not "cool", benefits are. The above is a list of features. Only a geek would find it sexy. We need a list of benefits. A feature is a "what is it", a benefit is a "what it does for you." David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message