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Cc: Erik Swan <erik@splunk.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Embedded in 3rd Party Applications and Appliances?
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Well put. Thanks,

cheers,

~ pervaiz
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On Aug 14, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> 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.
>