From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Dec 5 11:57:35 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 11:57:33 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B7A37B400; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:57:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 143ODT-0000ZP-00; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 19:57:31 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB5Jv3P01773; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:57:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:57:03 +0100 From: "'Wilko Bulte'" To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: "David O'Brien" , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A nice Compaq Testdrive page -- wish we had something simular Message-ID: <20001205205703.J346@freebie.demon.nl> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A82@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A82@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 10:44:23AM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 10:44:23AM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > > > > It's painfully clear that most people have never heared of > > FreeBSD, let alone FreeBSD on Alpha CPUs. > > > There's also the problem of describing FreeBSD in a single sentence. > > me: "It's a free UNIX for Intel and Alpha hardware." > him: [ dim look ] > me: "You know, like Linux is a free UNIX too." > him: [ brightens up ] "Ah, no, we don't use Linux." Well, the sunny side is in that last answer ;) -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message