Re: Report from this years CeBIT, Linux New Media Award nearly won ;)
Hi all,
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 09:18:32AM +0100, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:
> Last but not least, many questions where asked about our Debian
> GNU/kFreeBSD port, even before I did my two talks about it. The
> questions about that topic ranged from "Does it support XEN?" to "Do you
> want to replace the Linux Kernel?" and of course related to the
> possibility of using ZFS with Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. Some visitors asked
> about our relationship to the FreeBSD people, and what they think about
> our port. I must confess, that I wasn't prepared for that question. I
> think our relationship is good. The BSD people invited Axel Beckert to
> speak about the port in their Developer Room at the recent FOSDEM, so I
> think they are interested in it.
I have it from good authority (read: my business partner,
philip@FreeBSD.org) that this is indeed true. AIUI, the feeling is that
we're a bit nuts for doing things this way, but "if it brings more
people to FreeBSD, why not".
[...]
> PS: Also thanks to John Goerzen for proofreading my en_DE and removing
> zillions of comma :)
Indeed. I was wondering by the time I got this far down the mail ;-P
--
The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters
works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is
trying to fool the system.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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