* Greg Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000927 17:40] wrote:
> On Wednesday, 27 September 2000 at 15:31:47 -0700, Jaye Mathisen wrote:
> > One of the comments on the side is:
> >
> > "Caching file system with Soft Update technology".
> >
> > Sounds vaguely BSD'ish. Maybe even FreeBSD'ish.
> >
> > Just curious.
>
> Maxtor have done a storage box with a modified FreeBSD, including
> Samba in the kernel. I don't know the name, but IIRC it's a small
> purple box with a couple of IDE boxes.
>
> I've heard that, for reasons that don't directly relate to FreeBSD,
> Maxtor isn't overly happy with the results, and that the next
> generation box probably won't run FreeBSD. There has even been talk
> that it'll be running Microsoft instead.
That's upsetting, is there any reason they haven't tried to contact
our developer base to resolve these issues, or is MicroSoft just
twisting arms over there?
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