From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Jul 28 08:07:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA25062 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:07:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA25022 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:07:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from (uk.radan.com) [158.152.75.22] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0z1BKt-0000XU-00; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:06:43 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id QAA02776; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:06:32 +0100 Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09281; Tue, 28 Jul 98 16:06:32 BST Message-Id: <35BDE8D6.8FBBFFF3@uk.radan.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:05:58 +0100 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Stuart Henderson , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-users@freebsd-uk.eu.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show References: <35BC49D9.4BE31CDA@internationalschool.co.uk> <35BC7511.9E796F8A@uk.radan.com> <35BC9D50.71576D37@internationalschool.co.uk> <35BDDA22.B69C9DCB@uk.radan.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Ovens wrote: > I've been having a (e-mail) discussion with the author of the Hands On Unix > column in Personal Computer World about something that was in last month's > issue. At the end of this discussion I offered him one of these 2.2.6 CD sets > and asked if he would consider writing a review of FreeBSD. I just got an answer from Personal Computer World and it sounds very positive, here's the reply: ----- begin included message------ > > On a related note. I actually use FreeBSD rather than Linux (simply > > because it is BSD based and therefore is very similar to SunOS 4.1.x > > which I use at work) and would like to see more reference/coverage of > > FreeBSD in Hands On Unix. > > Fair enough. I have an older copy installed here (direct from the Net), > and have given it some coverage, but haven't delved into it much. > > > To this end the FreeBSD team is making available free copies of the > > FreeBSD v2.2.6 CD set for promotional and review purposes. There are > > some copies heading over here to the UK. If I arrange for you to be sent > > a copy would you be willing to review FreeBSD in your column? > > Fair enough. As you know, I don't do what I would call "reviews" in the > col, but I can certainly install it and tell readers about it. > > > The CD set comes with hundreds of ported applications in pkg_add format. > > It will also run Linux & SCO binaries, further extending its > > flexibility. > > That's a new one on me. The version I have here uses a.out, not elf. > ------- end included message ---------- Now, who is it in the UK that Jordan sent the CD's to ?? -- Mark Ovens *====================================* CNC Apps Engineer | One of the main causes of the fall | Radan Computational Ltd | of the Roman Empire was, that | mailto:marko@uk.radan.com | lacking a zero, they had no way of | | indicating the successful | | termination of their C programs | *====================================* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message