From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 16:14:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDA8416A4D1 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:14:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta10-winn.mailhost.ntl.com (smtpout18.mailhost.ntl.com [212.250.162.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA2D43D1F for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:14:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jon@witchspace.com) Received: from aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com ([212.250.162.8]) by mta10-winn.mailhost.ntl.com with ESMTP <20050208161445.MIIO20856.mta10-winn.mailhost.ntl.com@aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com> for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:14:45 +0000 Received: from witchspace.com ([81.110.67.239]) by aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com with SMTP <20050208161444.LVIF13480.aamta04-winn.mailhost.ntl.com@witchspace.com> for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:14:44 +0000 Received: (qmail 81580 invoked from network); 8 Feb 2005 16:14:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail.home) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.home with SMTP; 8 Feb 2005 16:14:40 -0000 Received: from 192.168.0.100 (proxying for 192.168.0.1) (SquirrelMail authenticated user jon); by webmail.home with HTTP; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:14:40 -0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <56004.192.168.0.100.1107879280.squirrel@192.168.0.100> In-Reply-To: <420815DA.1020908@elischer.org> References: <4205F382.8020404@freebsd.org> <84dead7205020703474f9add1@mail.gmail.com> <420815DA.1020908@elischer.org> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:14:40 -0000 (GMT) From: "Jonathan Belson" To: "Julian Elischer" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The case for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:14:47 -0000 > > > Joseph Koshy wrote: > >> * How does one *use* FreeBSD? How does one architect a solution >> around it? What are its strengths, and what weaknesses should we >> be aware of? What hardware is supported? > > AAARGHHHHH "architect" is not a a verb.. the work is "Design". According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: 'architect /"A:kItEkt/ n. & v. 3B v.t. Design and build; plan and bring about (a desired result). M17.' 'Architect' has been used as a verb for 350 years in English English; whether this meaning is common in American English is another matter. Cheers, --Jon http://www.witchspace.com