Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:50:32 -0700 From: Pervaiz Choudhry <pervaiz@splunk.com> To: Tom Grove <freebsd@voidmain.net> 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: <4DDBC909-0D9C-4C75-A96A-A5B978CBE601@splunk.com> In-Reply-To: <46C1FB59.9040000@voidmain.net> References: <32689E5C-7A17-42EA-A782-F7B310CDD54B@splunk.com> <44y7ge19cw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3EACC1B6-8DF9-4FD2-8BE1-41E2E5C686DB@splunk.com> <46C1FB59.9040000@voidmain.net>
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Thanks Tom,
We are actually working with IronPort. I was just trying to get a
feel for broader vendor support. We are all set now. Thanks,
cheers,
~ pervaiz
415-215-6530
On Aug 14, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Tom Grove wrote:
> Pervaiz Choudhry wrote:
>> Well put. Thanks,
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> ~ pervaiz
>> 415-215-6530
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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> IronPort anti-spam servers use FreeBSD as a base for their ASyncOS.
>
> http://www.ironport.com/technology/
> ironport_asyncos_operating_system.html
>
> -Tom
>
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