From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 15 02:00:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204F316A41A for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:00:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9023B13C48D for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l7F20u6h032389 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:00:56 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.3/8.12.11) id l7F20u3p006875; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:00:56 +0700 (ICT) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:00:56 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200708150200.l7F20u3p006875@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <3EACC1B6-8DF9-4FD2-8BE1-41E2E5C686DB@splunk.com> (message from Pervaiz Choudhry on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:25:02 -0700) References: <32689E5C-7A17-42EA-A782-F7B310CDD54B@splunk.com> <44y7ge19cw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3EACC1B6-8DF9-4FD2-8BE1-41E2E5C686DB@splunk.com> X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Embedded in 3rd Party Applications and Appliances? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:00:59 -0000 >> 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. I missed the first question, but we are using a Taiwanese remote access system (a box with 32 modems inside to receive incoming dial-up connections) based on FreeBSD (2.something I guess) as well as a satellite receiver from UDcats (www.udcat.com) based on FreeBSD too. Olivier