![]() People claimed that they weren't considering an implementation for FreeBSD. ![]() In terms of code quality.) Unfortunately, despite the fact that recompilingĪnd relinking a command-line compiler for BSD is nearly trivial, their PR The GPLed "Free Pascal" simply can't compete (This is a fantastic Pascal dialect which I'd Walnut Creek's - told me that they now had a Linux command-line compilerįor Borland Pascal/Delphi. The reps from Borland/Inprise - whose booth was directly across from Technical specs, as I need a driver for a Digi 56K modem/channelized T1 I plan to be in touch with them about getting "raw" Them that the GPL, which is designed to monkey-wrench exactly suchĪctivities, precluded this alas, they seemed not to understand the Them, but "why don't you just port them from Linux?" (I tried to explain to I noted that Digi was displaying some new serial hardware in the Red Hatīooth, and asked them about BSD drivers. This is why I saw no mention of OpenBSD on the show floor. To close a bunch of open issues so that it can ship Version 2.6. Was bad for the OpenBSD project, which is currently struggling like crazy Much interest or recognition as they deserved, alas. Two fellows from the NetBSD project, including Charles Hannum, were at aīooth elsewhere on the floor selling CDs. Line of female daemons - remember the "Devil Girls" in Schmidt and Jones'Ĭlassic musical "Celebration?" - might be even more Vegas-like.) Hadn't been done before - especially in Vegas. Mean they haven't ALWAYS had one?" asked my wife, who was surprised that it Walnut Creek had a daemon "hostess" in the booth for the first time. Red HatĬEO Robert Young even mentioned it in his keynote - a pleasant surprise. ![]() Open source activities on the main floor, where it was "Windows, Windows,įreeBSD got a small, but not insignificant, amount of attention. Wherewithal to exhibit in both places seemed unwilling to mention their Much attention as they would have on the main floor - even if they hadīeen crammed into one of the tiny "sheep stalls" which Microsoft uses to Smaller venues.) Companies which exhibited only in the Hilton didn't get as Of the keynote speakers for the Linux show were on a separate track and in The open source activity away from the mainstream. On the minus side, it segregated virtually all of Open source a separate forum in which to strut its stuff (albeit with the ![]() Were relegated to a separate, "co-located" show: Linux Business Expo, in With few exceptions, all of the open source UNIX products and companies To: got back from COMDEX, where the response to FreeBSD was very, veryĭifferent compared to previous years. ![]() Particular interest are the problems he had trying to get vendors to support the BSDs and Linux. Brett Glass sent this message to the FreeBSD -chat mailing list, about his experiences and perceptions at COMDEX, and agreed to let me repost it here. ![]()
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