Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dirk Gouders


  Dirk GOUDERS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
   Oh, sorry -- my "browse-url-at-mouse" function made
   
   http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242
c00.html
   
   of it...
  
  Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
  Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
  stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
  equivalent of "netscape -remote" except faster and better.

Well, having read all of your remarks, I noticed, that emacs' lisp
code "browse-url.el" causes the generation of 

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242
c00.html

instead of 

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0%2c3656%2c2324624%2
c00.html

I fixed that (little) problem on my machine and sent a bug-report.
Now, I enjoy loading URLs containing commas :-)

Dirk


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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dominic Mitchell

On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 03:22:55PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
 Dirk GOUDERS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  Oh, sorry -- my "browse-url-at-mouse" function made
  
  http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c00.html
  
  of it...
 
 Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
 Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
 stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
 equivalent of "netscape -remote" except faster and better.

If you follow the link from "netscape -help", you end up at:

http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c

Which is a small C program to do just that.  I really should turn it
into a port...
-- 
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"vi has two modes the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesnt."
-- Anon.


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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav

Dominic Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 If you follow the link from "netscape -help", you end up at:
 
 http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c

The page you attempted to access was not found on Netscape's web site.
You may have typed its location incorrectly, or it may have been
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To report a broken link, please send a message to feedback.

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RE: More Press

1999-09-13 Thread Kelly Yancey

 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:31:51 +0100
 From: Dominic Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: More press

 On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 03:22:55PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
  Dirk GOUDERS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
   Oh, sorry -- my "browse-url-at-mouse" function made
  
  
http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c0
0.html
  
   of it...
 
  Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
  Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
  stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
  equivalent of "netscape -remote" except faster and better.

 If you follow the link from "netscape -help", you end up at:

 http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c

 Which is a small C program to do just that.  I really should turn it
 into a port...

  If you haven't already, I've just about finished a port for this (it is
pretty nifty). The only problem I have currently is that I have to fetch 2
files for the port (the file listed above, as well as
http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/vroot.h). Without making a separate
port just for vroot.h, if there a way to have the port fetch 2 files? Should
I just list it using PATCH_SITES/PATCHFILES even though it isn't really a
patch? Other than that I have to write a few patches of my own (the netscape
source segfaults if no command is given and apparently presumes netscape
1.1). If I can find out the answer to fetching the 2 files, I'll send-pr the
port right away.

  Thanks,

  Kelly
 ~[EMAIL PROTECTED]~
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RE: More Press

1999-09-13 Thread Kelly Yancey

 -Original Message-
 From: Josef Karthauser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 10:57 AM
 To: Kelly Yancey
 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: More Press
 
 
 On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 10:48:07AM -0400, Kelly Yancey wrote:
  
If you haven't already, I've just about finished a port 
 for this (it is
  pretty nifty). The only problem I have currently is that I 
 have to fetch 2
  files for the port (the file listed above, as well as
  http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/vroot.h). Without 
 making a separate
  port just for vroot.h, if there a way to have the port 
 fetch 2 files? Should
  I just list it using PATCH_SITES/PATCHFILES even though it 
 isn't really a
  patch? Other than that I have to write a few patches of my 
 own (the netscape
  source segfaults if no command is given and apparently 
 presumes netscape
  1.1). If I can find out the answer to fetching the 2 files, 
 I'll send-pr the
  port right away.
  
 
 Take a look at the XFree86 port in x11.  That fetches two 
 large tarballs, and
 therefore probably does the right thing.
 

  Bingo...that did the trick, port coming soon...

  Kelly
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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dominic Mitchell

On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 07:59:03AM -0700, Duane H. Hesser wrote:
 You probably already have it, as
 /usr/src/contrib/global/gozilla/remote.c

Blimey!
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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dirk Gouders

  Dirk GOUDERS h...@musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de writes:
   Oh, sorry -- my browse-url-at-mouse function made
   
   http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242
c00.html
   
   of it...
  
  Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
  Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
  stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
  equivalent of netscape -remote except faster and better.

Well, having read all of your remarks, I noticed, that emacs' lisp
code browse-url.el causes the generation of 

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242
c00.html

instead of 

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0%2c3656%2c2324624%2
c00.html

I fixed that (little) problem on my machine and sent a bug-report.
Now, I enjoy loading URLs containing commas :-)

Dirk


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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 03:22:55PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
 Dirk GOUDERS h...@musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de writes:
  Oh, sorry -- my browse-url-at-mouse function made
  
  http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c00.html
  
  of it...
 
 Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
 Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
 stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
 equivalent of netscape -remote except faster and better.

If you follow the link from netscape -help, you end up at:

http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c

Which is a small C program to do just that.  I really should turn it
into a port...
-- 
Dom Mitchell -- Palmer  Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator

vi has two modes the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesnt.
-- Anon.


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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Dominic Mitchell dom.mitch...@palmerharvey.co.uk writes:
 If you follow the link from netscape -help, you end up at:
 
 http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c

The page you attempted to access was not found on Netscape's web site.
You may have typed its location incorrectly, or it may have been
moved, deleted, or incorporated into another part of Netscape's site.
To report a broken link, please send a message to feedback.

DES
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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Mike Bristow
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:45:50AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
 Dominic Mitchell dom.mitch...@palmerharvey.co.uk writes:
  If you follow the link from netscape -help, you end up at:
  
  http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c
 
 The page you attempted to access was not found on Netscape's web site.
 You may have typed its location incorrectly, or it may have been
 moved, deleted, or incorporated into another part of Netscape's site.
 To report a broken link, please send a message to feedback.


It works from here.  Yell if you want me to mail it to you.



micha...@singsing:~$ wget http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c
--11:41:07--  http://home.netscape.com:80/newsref/std/remote.c
   = `remote.c'
Connecting to home.netscape.com:80... connected!
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 18,579 [text/plain]

0K - .. [100%]

11:41:08 (29.55 KB/s) - `remote.c' saved [18579/18579]

micha...@singsing:~$ head -3 remote.c 
/* -*- Mode:C; tab-width: 8 -*-
 * remote.c --- remote control of Netscape Navigator for Unix.
 * version 1.1.3, for Netscape Navigator 1.1 and newer.
micha...@singsing:~$ 

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RE: More Press

1999-09-13 Thread Kelly Yancey
 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:31:51 +0100
 From: Dominic Mitchell dom.mitch...@palmerharvey.co.uk
 Subject: Re: More press

 On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 03:22:55PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
  Dirk GOUDERS h...@musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de writes:
   Oh, sorry -- my browse-url-at-mouse function made
  
  
http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c0
0.html
  
   of it...
 
  Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
  Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
  stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
  equivalent of netscape -remote except faster and better.

 If you follow the link from netscape -help, you end up at:

 http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c

 Which is a small C program to do just that.  I really should turn it
 into a port...

  If you haven't already, I've just about finished a port for this (it is
pretty nifty). The only problem I have currently is that I have to fetch 2
files for the port (the file listed above, as well as
http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/vroot.h). Without making a separate
port just for vroot.h, if there a way to have the port fetch 2 files? Should
I just list it using PATCH_SITES/PATCHFILES even though it isn't really a
patch? Other than that I have to write a few patches of my own (the netscape
source segfaults if no command is given and apparently presumes netscape
1.1). If I can find out the answer to fetching the 2 files, I'll send-pr the
port right away.

  Thanks,

  Kelly
 ~kby...@posi.net~
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  Join Team FreeBSD - http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/





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Re: More Press

1999-09-13 Thread Josef Karthauser
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 10:48:07AM -0400, Kelly Yancey wrote:
 
   If you haven't already, I've just about finished a port for this (it is
 pretty nifty). The only problem I have currently is that I have to fetch 2
 files for the port (the file listed above, as well as
 http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/vroot.h). Without making a separate
 port just for vroot.h, if there a way to have the port fetch 2 files? Should
 I just list it using PATCH_SITES/PATCHFILES even though it isn't really a
 patch? Other than that I have to write a few patches of my own (the netscape
 source segfaults if no command is given and apparently presumes netscape
 1.1). If I can find out the answer to fetching the 2 files, I'll send-pr the
 port right away.
 

Take a look at the XFree86 port in x11.  That fetches two large tarballs, and
therefore probably does the right thing.

Joe
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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Duane H. Hesser

On 13-Sep-99 Mike Bristow wrote:
 On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:45:50AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
 Dominic Mitchell dom.mitch...@palmerharvey.co.uk writes:
  If you follow the link from netscape -help, you end up at:
  
  http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/remote.c
 
 The page you attempted to access was not found on Netscape's web site.
 You may have typed its location incorrectly, or it may have been
 moved, deleted, or incorporated into another part of Netscape's site.
 To report a broken link, please send a message to feedback.
 
 
 It works from here.  Yell if you want me to mail it to you.
 

You probably already have it, as
/usr/src/contrib/global/gozilla/remote.c

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RE: More Press

1999-09-13 Thread Kelly Yancey
 -Original Message-
 From: Josef Karthauser [mailto:j...@pavilion.net]
 Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 10:57 AM
 To: Kelly Yancey
 Cc: hack...@freebsd.org; dom.mitch...@palmerharvey.co.uk
 Subject: Re: More Press
 
 
 On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 10:48:07AM -0400, Kelly Yancey wrote:
  
If you haven't already, I've just about finished a port 
 for this (it is
  pretty nifty). The only problem I have currently is that I 
 have to fetch 2
  files for the port (the file listed above, as well as
  http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/vroot.h). Without 
 making a separate
  port just for vroot.h, if there a way to have the port 
 fetch 2 files? Should
  I just list it using PATCH_SITES/PATCHFILES even though it 
 isn't really a
  patch? Other than that I have to write a few patches of my 
 own (the netscape
  source segfaults if no command is given and apparently 
 presumes netscape
  1.1). If I can find out the answer to fetching the 2 files, 
 I'll send-pr the
  port right away.
  
 
 Take a look at the XFree86 port in x11.  That fetches two 
 large tarballs, and
 therefore probably does the right thing.
 

  Bingo...that did the trick, port coming soon...

  Kelly
 ~kby...@posi.net~
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Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 07:59:03AM -0700, Duane H. Hesser wrote:
 You probably already have it, as
 /usr/src/contrib/global/gozilla/remote.c

Blimey!
-- 
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RE: More Press

1999-09-13 Thread Kelly Yancey
 On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 10:48:07AM -0400, Kelly Yancey wrote:
 
If you haven't already, I've just about finished a port
 for this (it is
  pretty nifty). The only problem I have currently is that I
 have to fetch 2
  files for the port (the file listed above, as well as
  http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/vroot.h). Without
 making a separate
  port just for vroot.h, if there a way to have the port
 fetch 2 files? Should
  I just list it using PATCH_SITES/PATCHFILES even though it
 isn't really a
  patch? Other than that I have to write a few patches of my
 own (the netscape
  source segfaults if no command is given and apparently
 presumes netscape
  1.1). If I can find out the answer to fetching the 2 files,
 I'll send-pr the
  port right away.
 

  (Yep, quoting myself :) )

  Alright, anyone who wants to give it a whirl, the port has been submitted
as ports/13727. It works well, but I must say it required a little bit of
effort to escape the netscape-remote commands from the command-line.

  Kelly
 ~kby...@posi.net~
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Re: More press

1999-09-12 Thread Dirk GOUDERS


   
 There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:

 http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html
   
   Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo?
  
  Nope, it worked fine for me.  Given how short it is, this article really packs
  a POSITIVE punch for FreeBSD.  Here's the text:
  
  *SNIP*

Oh, sorry -- my "browse-url-at-mouse" function made

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c00.html

of it...

Anyway, thanks for the text :-)

Dirk


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Re: More press

1999-09-12 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav

Dirk GOUDERS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 Oh, sorry -- my "browse-url-at-mouse" function made
 
 http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c00.html
 
 of it...

Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
equivalent of "netscape -remote" except faster and better.

DES
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Re: More press

1999-09-12 Thread Dirk GOUDERS

   
 There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:

 
   http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html
   
   Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo?
  
  Nope, it worked fine for me.  Given how short it is, this article really 
  packs
  a POSITIVE punch for FreeBSD.  Here's the text:
  
  *SNIP*

Oh, sorry -- my browse-url-at-mouse function made

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c00.html

of it...

Anyway, thanks for the text :-)

Dirk


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Re: More press

1999-09-12 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Dirk GOUDERS h...@musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de writes:
 Oh, sorry -- my browse-url-at-mouse function made
 
 http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242c00.html
 
 of it...

Netscape uses commans to separate parameters to the OpenURL command.
Fortunately, the API is open and documented, so there's nothing to
stop someone from writing a small command-line util that does the
equivalent of netscape -remote except faster and better.

DES
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Re: More press

1999-09-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS


  There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:
  
  http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html

Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo?

Dirk


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Re: More press

1999-09-10 Thread Wes Peters

Dirk GOUDERS wrote:
 
   There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:
  
   http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html
 
 Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo?

Nope, it worked fine for me.  Given how short it is, this article really packs
a POSITIVE punch for FreeBSD.  Here's the text:

AlternaTip: FreeBSD
 
By Kate Botello, Host  
 
We introduce a new operating system this week for our Alternatip. 
New to us, that is. It's actually the oldest operating system still
in common use today: FreeBSD.

We spend a lot of time talking about Linux, of course. Linux is a
Unix clone created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 because he wanted to 
use Unix but didn't want to pay for it. He should have waited a
year or two.
   
FreeBSD is Unix, but because the Unix trademark is owned by Open
Systems, it can't be called Unix. You can make a pretty good case
that it's more Unix than the proprietary flavors of Unix that use
the name. FreeBSD is based on the Berkeley distribution of Unix,
but like Linux, it's completely free.
   
It's also the choice of many companies who prefer it to the commercial
flavors of Unix. Yahoo!, Infoseek, and Excite all run on FreeBSD. 
So do Xoom, US West, and the Internet Movie Database.  In fact,
anyone who wants to run true Unix should probably look at FreeBSD
first. 

FreeBSD is very like Linux in many ways. It runs all the standard
command shells, including BASH, and of course the X Window environment.
It can even run many Linux binaries, and nearly all Unix programs.
It differs from Linux in the volume of support and information out
there (but remember, all Unix books are directly applicable to
FreeBSD).
   
You might find it more difficult to find just the right driver for
your hardware, so check the compatibility lists carefully before
installing. But if you're looking for the true Unix experience,
FreeBSD is the closest you can get, at any price.


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Re: More press

1999-09-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS

  There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:
  
  http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html

Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo?

Dirk


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Re: More press

1999-09-10 Thread Wes Peters
Dirk GOUDERS wrote:
 
   There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:
  
   
 http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html
 
 Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo?

Nope, it worked fine for me.  Given how short it is, this article really packs
a POSITIVE punch for FreeBSD.  Here's the text:

AlternaTip: FreeBSD
 
By Kate Botello, Host  
 
We introduce a new operating system this week for our Alternatip. 
New to us, that is. It's actually the oldest operating system still
in common use today: FreeBSD.

We spend a lot of time talking about Linux, of course. Linux is a
Unix clone created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 because he wanted to 
use Unix but didn't want to pay for it. He should have waited a
year or two.
   
FreeBSD is Unix, but because the Unix trademark is owned by Open
Systems, it can't be called Unix. You can make a pretty good case
that it's more Unix than the proprietary flavors of Unix that use
the name. FreeBSD is based on the Berkeley distribution of Unix,
but like Linux, it's completely free.
   
It's also the choice of many companies who prefer it to the commercial
flavors of Unix. Yahoo!, Infoseek, and Excite all run on FreeBSD. 
So do Xoom, US West, and the Internet Movie Database.  In fact,
anyone who wants to run true Unix should probably look at FreeBSD
first. 

FreeBSD is very like Linux in many ways. It runs all the standard
command shells, including BASH, and of course the X Window environment.
It can even run many Linux binaries, and nearly all Unix programs.
It differs from Linux in the volume of support and information out
there (but remember, all Unix books are directly applicable to
FreeBSD).
   
You might find it more difficult to find just the right driver for
your hardware, so check the compatibility lists carefully before
installing. But if you're looking for the true Unix experience,
FreeBSD is the closest you can get, at any price.


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Re: More press

1999-09-09 Thread Bill Fumerola


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On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:

 There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:
 
 http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html
 
 Not too in-depth, but it gives a good quick overview, calling FreeBSD a
 true Unix, emphasizing it's history compared to Linux.

From a link on that page:

  At this point, for most purposes, there's no real difference between Linux 
  and BSD. Neither one is necessarily better than the other. You should choose 
  based on your own preferences and what kind of support is available to you. 

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Re: More press

1999-09-09 Thread Bill Fumerola

[redirected to -advocacy where this belonged first off]

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:

 There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD:
 
 http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html
 
 Not too in-depth, but it gives a good quick overview, calling FreeBSD a
 true Unix, emphasizing it's history compared to Linux.