Dear members of the FreeBSD community, It was announced today that Wind River has acquired the commercial BSD/OS software assets from BSDi. As part of the agreement, Wind River will also now be working with the FreeBSD Project to provide the same type of support to the open source community that BSDi has sought to provide. I have joined Wind River as principal technologist for FreeBSD and will continue with the development and promotion of FreeBSD, as well as acting as the release engineer for Wind River's FreeBSD product line (see below). It is my hope that Wind River's engineering expertise and other resources will bring invaluable contributions to the Project. You can read the press release posted on the Wind River home page, www.windriver.com. It is Wind River's commitment to provide operational and technical support, marketing, and funding for FreeBSD, and to continue to distribute the software commercially as well as free of charge through ftp.freebsd.org. Technical innovations in the commercial BSD/OS will continue to be donated to the FreeBSD project and used in developing new products for FreeBSD. Through these efforts, it is my mission to foster a relationship between Wind River and the FreeBSD Project, which is extremely beneficial to both parties. Jerry Fiddler, chairman and co-founder of Wind River and I will be conducting a conference call this evening in order to answer any of your questions or concerns. Please dial-in to talk to us live about this announcement. Space is limited to 300 callers; you can also find answers to general questions in an FAQ document at www.windriver.com. 7:30pm, PST on Wednesday April 4, 2001 US/Canada Dial-in Number: (800) 863-4938 International: (706) 634-7025 Leader's Name: Jerry Fiddler For more information you can contact: Pam Sufi Public Relations Manager, Wind River 510.749.2340 -office pams@windriver.com I look forward to your questions and comments. Jordan This is the moderated mailing list freebsd-announce. The list contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities, important events and project milestones. See also the FreeBSD Web pages at http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-announce" in the body of the message