Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-14 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:01:36PM +, Lewis Thompson wrote: I'm really asking if anybody can suggest any particularly interesting topics that I can go away and research and then include in my essay. I was on a pretty short timescale for this essay but after attempting to get the history

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-13 Thread Rob
[Apologies for not quoting - braindead MUA] A good overview of BSD history is at http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/03/17/bsd.html - you could then research some aspect of the story that interests you. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-13 Thread Olaf Hoyer
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lewis Thompson wrote: Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is interesting, the OS I advocate

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-13 Thread Viktor Lazlo
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lewis Thompson wrote: Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is interesting, the OS I

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-13 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:41:45PM -0500, Jud wrote: On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:41:40 +0100, Alex de Kruijff [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:01:36PM +, Lewis Thompson wrote: Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-13 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 13, 2003, at 8:07 AM, Viktor Lazlo wrote: On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lewis Thompson wrote: Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be snip 1000 words is awfully short to cover

FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-12 Thread Lewis Thompson
Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is interesting, the OS I advocate and that I shall write about this. I am

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-12 Thread paul beard
Lewis Thompson wrote: Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is interesting, the OS I advocate and that I shall write

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-12 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:01:36PM +, Lewis Thompson wrote: Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is

Re: FreeBSD Essay.

2003-11-12 Thread Jud
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:41:40 +0100, Alex de Kruijff [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:01:36PM +, Lewis Thompson wrote: Hey guys, I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It