On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 04:14:54PM +0200, Willem Jan Withagen wrote:> On 27/07/2015 04:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > * Separated email services (and single-point-of-failure cases) from > > the machine that has been handling this task for over 18 years, to > > new, single-purpose service installations > > Hi, > > This sort of sounds like the system that a former company (IAE) donated > to Jordan when he was here in Arnhem at a FreeBSD meeting organized by > Wilco Bulte. I think it was called freefall?? > There used to be pictures of the meeting online, but I can't seem to > find them. > > Would be nice to know if that is the case, because then I'm really > impressed with the life time of that system... > Does anybody know if this is actually the case? >Based on what I've recently learned of the machine's history, it was originally freefall, then became known as 'hub'. Glen -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20150727/664e46b5/attachment.bin>
Willem Jan Withagen
2015-Jul-27 14:32 UTC
FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2015
On 27/07/2015 16:25, Glen Barber wrote:> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 04:14:54PM +0200, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: >> On 27/07/2015 04:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >>> * Separated email services (and single-point-of-failure cases) from >>> the machine that has been handling this task for over 18 years, to >>> new, single-purpose service installations >> >> Hi, >> >> This sort of sounds like the system that a former company (IAE) donated >> to Jordan when he was here in Arnhem at a FreeBSD meeting organized by >> Wilco Bulte. I think it was called freefall?? >> There used to be pictures of the meeting online, but I can't seem to >> find them. >> >> Would be nice to know if that is the case, because then I'm really >> impressed with the life time of that system... >> Does anybody know if this is actually the case? >> > > Based on what I've recently learned of the machine's history, it was > originally freefall, then became known as 'hub'.You have any idea what is/was actual the hardware that was in the box? If I remember correctly we gave Jordan a check for like 5000 guilders. Which I guess would be 2500 us$ at that time. Which was not an enormous amount of money, so even more impressive that the system lasted 18 years :) --WjW