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From: jkh@nx.ilo.dec.com (Jordan Hubbard)
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Subject: FreeBSD BOF at USENIX scheduled for Wednesday night, 7-8 PM
Date: 27 May 1994 05:10:12 -0700
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I announced this to our internal mailing lists last night, but seeing
Chris's post just now regarding the NetBSD BOF reminded me that a
USENET posting also would probably not be out of line.

In any case, I'll be hosting a small and informal FreeBSD BOF on
Wednesday night at 7 - 8PM, scheduled to not conflict with the NetBSD
BOF (so those wishing to attend both, can).  Details of room assignment
will be posted on the BOF board at the show.

I will be the only core team member able to make it, but I'll spend
about half an hour fielding questions and discussing both current and
upcoming plans for FreeBSD.  The second half will be open discussion.

I will also be bringing samples of the latest and just released
FreeBSD 1.1 CD for inspection, which will also be for sale at the
show.  I'll also be helping out and answering questions about FreeBSD
at Walnut Creek CDROM's booth in the vendor show, so stop on by and
see me there if you wish - I'll be happy to sell you a CD! :-)

[The FreeBSD project receives no money from CDROM sales, but we're
always glad to see it made available through such convenient mediums,
and Walnut Creek has been of great help and support to us throughout
our history by providing us with a place to work ]


Finally, if I can wangle it, I'll also have a small laptop running
FreeBSD at the BOF for inspection and general bashing on - there
should also be one at the Walnut Creek booth, barring any last minute
power problems.  If I have time, I'll also make up a couple of sets of
installation floppies for loaning out and bring them with me - show up
with your laptop at the BOF and we'll see if we can install a couple
of the things in a corner or something! :-)

For those that don't already know, FreeBSD is a freely available 4.3
BSD based version of UN*IX for the Intel architecture and can always
be ftp'd from our main development machine `freebsd.cdrom.com', the
the most recently released version of which being FreeBSD 1.1.

Hope to see you at the BOF!

					Jordan