Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:58:33 -0400 From: Tom Grove <freebsd@voidmain.net> To: Pervaiz Choudhry <pervaiz@splunk.com> Cc: Erik Swan <erik@splunk.com>, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Embedded in 3rd Party Applications and Appliances? Message-ID: <46C1FB59.9040000@voidmain.net> In-Reply-To: <3EACC1B6-8DF9-4FD2-8BE1-41E2E5C686DB@splunk.com> References: <32689E5C-7A17-42EA-A782-F7B310CDD54B@splunk.com> <44y7ge19cw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3EACC1B6-8DF9-4FD2-8BE1-41E2E5C686DB@splunk.com>
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Pervaiz Choudhry wrote:
> Well put. Thanks,
>
> cheers,
>
> ~ pervaiz
> 415-215-6530
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>
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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.
>>
>
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