FreeBSD Embedded in 3rd Party Applications and Appliances?

[Tom Grove]

Pervaiz Choudhry wrote:
> Well put. Thanks,
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> cheers,
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> On Aug 14, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
>> Pervaiz Choudhry <pervaiz at splunk.com> writes:
>>
>>> We are trying determine cost and benefits  of supporting  FreeBSD
>>> platform for OEM market.  Does any one have data on the installbase
>>> for FreeBSD "Embedded" in 3rd party applications and appliances?  We
>>> are looking for ball park numbers.
>>
>> There is no requirement to tell anyone else that you're using FreeBSD
>> in a product, so some people don't.  As a result, I would be highly
>> suspicious of any numbers anyone *could* come up with (I would expect
>> such numbers to miss a lot of applications).
>>
>> A better approach in my opinion would be to look at specific use
>> cases; the FreeBSD web site includes some information of that sort.
>> One example not listed there is that Juniper Networks routers control
>> plane ("JunOS", I think) is based on FreeBSD.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
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