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 and that I shall write about this. > > I am planning to write a brief history of the four BSDs, going way > back in time (probably a few words on Ritchie, etc.) but then > concentrate on FreeBSD. 1000 words is awfully short to cover such a general topic in any detail--a few sentences on each would use up that much space easily. A couple of alternatives I can think of would be: to use FreeBSD as representative of the BSD's in general and focus on open source technology and describe some of the advantages and disadvantages compared to Windows; or what makes the BSD's different from Linux, since most people who aren't familiar with PC-unices will probably have at least heard of Linux and are likely to consider FreeBSD to be the same thing, more or less. Cheers, Viktor _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
