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press releases originating from the FreeBSD project.

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# $Id: Makefile,v 1.14 1999-02-27 21:39:17 wosch Exp $
# $Id: Makefile,v 1.15 1999-06-16 11:07:31 jkoshy Exp $
.if exists(../Makefile.conf)
.include "../Makefile.conf"
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DOCS+= news.sgml
DOCS+= webchanges.sgml
# press releases
DOCS+= pressreleases.sgml
DOCS+= press-rel-1.sgml
DOCS+= press-rel-2.sgml
DOCS+= press-rel-3.sgml
# The yearly State of the Union address
DOCS+= sou1999.sgml

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1999-05-14 10:21:19 $">
<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1999-06-16 11:07:32 $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD News">
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
<!ENTITY % newsincludes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %newsincludes;
]>
<!-- $Id: news.sgml,v 1.13 1999-05-14 10:21:19 wosch Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: news.sgml,v 1.14 1999-06-16 11:07:32 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<html>
&header;
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<h2><a href="newsflash.html">FreeBSD Newsflash</a></h2>
<p>Whats new.</p>
<h2><a href="pressreleases.html">FreeBSD Press Releases</a></h2>
<p>Press releases from the FreeBSD project.</p>
<h2><a href="qnewsletter.html">The FreeBSD Quick NewsLetter</a></h2>
FreeBSD Really-Quick(TM) NewsLetter. Things Happening in FreeBSD.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1999-06-16 11:07:34 $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Press Release: April 22, 1999">
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
<!ENTITY % newsincludes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %newsincludes;
]>
<!-- $Id: press-rel-1.sgml,v 1.1 1999-06-16 11:07:34 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<html>
&header;
<!--
<img src="../gifs/pressreleases.jpg" align="right" border="0">
-->
<p></p>
<h2>FreeBSD Used to Generate Spectacular Special Effects</h2>
<p><b>Concord, CA, April 22, 1999</b>:
32 Dual-Processor FreeBSD systems were used to generate a large number of
special effects in the cutting edge Warner Brothers film, <em>The
Matrix</em>.</p>
<p>Manex Visual Effects used 32 Dell Precision 410 Dual P-II/450
Processor systems running FreeBSD as the core CG Render Farm. Charles
Henrich, the senior systems administrator at Manex, says, "We came to a
point in the production where we realized we just did not have enough
computing power on our existing SGI infrastructure to get through the
3-D intensive sequences. It was at that point we decided on going
with a FreeBSD based solution, due to the ability to get the hardware
quickly as well as the reliability and ease of administration that
FreeBSD provides us. Working with Dell, we purchased 32 of these
systems on a Wednesday, and had them rendering in production by
Saturday afternoon. It was truly an amazing effort on everyone's
part, and I don't believe it would've been possible had we chosen to
go with any other Operating System solution."</p>
<p>The FreeBSD operating system is a powerful, completely open-source
system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution of UNIX. It is
available free of charge from numerous Internet websites and also on
CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM, and includes thousands of ported
applications including 3-D graphics rendering and many other equally
powerful tools. FreeBSD is optimized for use on the Intel x86
processor line that is the heart of today's versatile commodity
personal computers. Infinitely customizable, FreeBSD is at the heart
of such Internet powerhouse applications as Yahoo! and U.S. West
because it is unencumbered by commercial license restrictions and can be
copied and modified freely.</p>
<p>For more information on FreeBSD, visit <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">
http://www.freebsd.org/</a> and <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">
http://www.cdrom.com/</a>. For more information about Manex Visual
Effects, please visit <a href="http://www.mvfx.com/">http://www.mvfx.com/
</a>.</p>
&footer;
</body>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1999-06-16 11:07:35 $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Press Release: April 29, 1999">
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
<!ENTITY % newsincludes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %newsincludes;
]>
<!-- $Id: press-rel-2.sgml,v 1.1 1999-06-16 11:07:35 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<html>
&header;
<!--
<img src="../gifs/pressreleases.jpg" align="right" border="0">
-->
<p></p>
<h2>Complete XML Development System Integrated with FreeBSD</h2>
<p><b>Concord, CA, April 29, 1999</b>: Included with FreeBSD 3.1 is a
complete, integrated SGML/XML development system that installs with a
simple, easy to use command sequence.</p>
<p>FreeBSD's Ports system and multitasking architecture makes it easy for an
SGML/XML developer to download and install all the latest versions of the
tools and reference material he needs to develop SGML and XML formatting
languages and documents, and the online Internet mailing lists help him learn
and keep up-to-date with the evolving XML implementation.</p>
<p>FreeBSD is a full-featured open-source operating system which runs on
virtually all Intel x86-based personal computers. Its 580 page "Handbook"
has recently been completely done over into DocBook format, and it is a
living example of an evolving document built with SGML tools. The Handbook
is available on the Internet at:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/">http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The FreeBSD Documentation Project is also making available the
"FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer" to make it as painless as
possible for newcomers to contribute to the FreeBSD Documentation Set.
Much of the information in the primer is appropriate to all SGML/XML
users, and is freely available. The primer, which is constantly being
updated by the Documentation Project team, can be found at:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/primer/">
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/primer/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Features of the Document Project SGML/XML System include:</h3>
<ul>
<li>James Clark's Jade 1.2.1 and SP suite version 1.3.3, enabling
formatting and validation of SGML and XML documents.</li>
<li>A complete set of 19 ISO SGML character set entities</li>
<li>The DocBook (v2.4.1, v3.0, v3.1), HTML (all versions), and
LinuxDoc Document Type Definitions (DTD)</li>
<li>Norm Walsh's Modular DocBook Stylesheets, allowing fine control
over the appearance and formatting of DocBook documents.</li>
<li>Emacs and Xemacs, in conjunction with the PSGML extension package,
provide a customizable industrial-strength SGML editing solution.</li>
<li>The teTeX-beta package in conjunction with the JadeTeX macros make
it possible to convert DocBook documents to DVI, Postscript, and
PDF formats with embedded hyperlinks.</li>
<li>Additional SGML-aware programs and utilities can be found in the
FreeBSD ports system.</li>
</ul>
<p>The FreeBSD Documentation Project is actively migrating from the
LinuxDoc DTD to the DocBook DTD, and has been providing feedback to
the DocBook maintainers regarding new features and possible
implementations for the past year. For more information about the
FreeBSD Documentation Project, please contact the freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
mailing list.</p>
<p>The FreeBSD operating system is available on the Internet from the
master FreeBSD website and from various mirror systems around the
world, and it can also be obtained on convenient CDROMs from Walnut
Creek CDROM. Information on all of these options is available through:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">http://www.freebsd.org/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a></li>
</ul>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1999-06-16 11:07:36 $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Press Release: June 7, 1999">
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
<!ENTITY % newsincludes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %newsincludes;
]>
<!-- $Id: press-rel-3.sgml,v 1.1 1999-06-16 11:07:36 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<html>
&header;
<!--
<img src="../gifs/pressreleases.jpg" align="right" border="0">
-->
<p></p>
<h2>BSD Community Welcomes Apple's New Open Source Operating System</h2>
<p><b>Concord, CA, June 7, 1999</b>: Today, at the start of the UNIX
development community's annual Usenix convention, operating system
influentials embraced Apple Computer's Darwin (www.apple.com/darwin)
as a new member of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
operating system family.</p>
<p>"We're very pleased to have Apple's participation in the BSD
community," said Jordan Hubbard, chairman of the USENIX convention's
Freenix track and co-founder of the FreeBSD Project. "As more smart
businesses discover the incredible free resource that is BSD software,
they'll realize that contributing to open source development is in
their best interest."</p>
<p>According to Herb Peyerl of the NetBSD Project, "Our interaction with
Apple on the Darwin project has been extremely rewarding for NetBSD
and is the kind of open cooperation of which we would like to see
more."</p>
<p>"Leveraging the twenty-year BSD heritage allows Apple developers to
concentrate on adding a unique user experience to the solid, robust
foundation of the BSD code," according to Avie Tevanian, Apple
Computer's senior vice president of Software Engineering. "We believe
that by embracing the open source movement with our Darwin software,
the result will be better products for millions of Mac customers
worldwide. The BSD code in Darwin is an essential part of our
operating system strategy."</p>
<p>This type of reciprocation is a return to the original software
development model that was universal in the early days of computing,
before PCs. Wilfredo Sanchez, technical lead for the Darwin Project,
will speak on Darwin at this week's Freenix track, a series of
programs at Usenix devoted exclusively to this sort of open source
software development.</p>
<h3>About NetBSD and FreeBSD</h3>
<p>NetBSD and FreeBSD are open source operating systems based on the last
public release of BSD UNIX, 4.4BSDLite2. Each effort has kept up with
the latest technologies in processors and software
architectures. While having different priorities, the BSD development
teams share a friendly competitive rivalry, spurring each other on to
produce better product for their worldwide users. Over the twenty
years of development, a huge base of software has been developed
around BSD -- including much of the Internet infrastructure --
enabling the OS to be used effectively in almost any computing
application. The open development model means there are no secrets,
creating a worldwide understanding of the code which enables BSD
developers to build on the efforts of prior developers without the
hassles endemic to proprietary operating systems and applications.</p>
<h3>For More Information, Contact:</h3>
<p>
The FreeBSD Project<br>
Concord, California<br>
925-682-7859<br>
<a href="mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org">
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org</a><br>
<a href="http://Www.freebsd.org">http://www.freebsd.org</a><br>
</p>
<p>
The NetBSD Project<br>
C/O Charles M. Hannum<br>
81 Bromfield Rd, #2<br>
Somerville, MA 02144<br>
<a href="mailto:mindshare@netbsd.org">mindshare@netbsd.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.netbsd.org">http://www.netbsd.org</a><br>
</p>
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Press Releases">
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<!ENTITY % newsincludes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %newsincludes;
]>
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<html>
&header;
<!--
<img src="../gifs/pressreleases.jpg" align="right" border="0">
<p></p>
-->
<dl>
<dt>June 7, 1999</dt>
<dd>
<a href="press-rel-3.html">
BSD Community Welcomes Apple's New Open Source Operating System.</a>
<p></p>
</dd>
<dt>April 29, 1999</dt>
<dd>
<a href="press-rel-2.html">Complete XML Development System Integrated
with FreeBSD.</a>
<p></p>
</dd>
<dt>April 22, 1999: The Matrix</dt>
<dd>
<a href="press-rel-1.html">FreeBSD Used to Generate Spectacular Special
Effects for the Warner Brothers film <em>The Matrix</em>.</a>
<p></p>
</dd>
</dl>
&footer;
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