From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 3 17:54:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 537DB1065672 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:54:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D43BA8FC08 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:54:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBCE42.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.206.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id q03HssWq088744 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:54:55 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q03Hsgcd001711 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:54:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q03HsZKS046587 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:54:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201201031754.q03HsZKS046587@fire.js.berklix.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:14:52 +0100." <20120103161452.3b10bb2f.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:54:35 +0100 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:54:57 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > Maybe consider the chance that a FreeBSD OS can be > turned into closed source (which the license explicitely > allows) and put into some embedded device, a router, > a DSL modem, a managed switch... In parts like this, > you won't recognize FreeBSD anymore. If you consider > such devices "niche devices", think again: You'll > find them near any Internet-connected computer and > among the bowels of the whole Internet. :-) Yes, BSD gets embedded & not recognised. Some business notebook users years back who thought they were just running security enhanced MS_Win on their notebooks would have not understood their notebooks actually booted FreeBSD first, for `security stuff', then ran MS on top. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=utimaco+safeguard+freebsd&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1 Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.