Category Archives: FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD Google SoC Projects started

The FreeBSD Project  received many applications from students  wanting to participate in Google’s Summer of Code program. This year 18 student proposals to work with the FreeBSD Project were accepted as part of this program. For those with projects that … Continue reading

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FreeBSD Foundation accepting project proposals

Love FreeBSD? Love coding, taking FreeBSD to new hights and getting paid for your work? If this is you, why not submit a proposal to the FreeBSD Foundation? The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce we are soliciting the submission of proposals … Continue reading

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FreeBSD related appointments

Erwin Lansing has joined the FreeBSD Foundation board of Directors (announcement) The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that Erwin Lansing has joined the Board of Directors. For those of you who haven’t met Erwin, here is his bio: Erwin previously … Continue reading

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FreeBSD HAST project completed

Pawel Jakub Dawidek was awarded a grant by the FreeBSD Foundation last year to implement storage replication software that will enable users to use the FreeBSD operating system for highly available configurations where data has to be shared across the … Continue reading

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FreeBSD Foundation accepting project proposals for funding

The FreeBSD Foundation is soliciting the submission of proposals for work relating to any of the major subsystems or infrastructure within the FreeBSD operating system. Proposals will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit, and cost-effectiveness. Interested? Check out what … Continue reading

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How the FreeBSD Project’s Processes help companies build products

George Neville-Neil has written the lead article for the January 2010 issue of the Open Source Business Resource (OSBR) and the FreeBSD Foundation is the sponsor for this month’s issue. The entire issue is available as a PDF and George’s … Continue reading

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FreeBSD fund raising drive – final plea

The FreeBSD Foundation has not reached its fund raising goal for 2009 yet ($46,000 short of their $300,000 goal). The Foundation is hoping to to double spending on development in 2010 and needs our help: Why make a donation? Right … Continue reading

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FreeBSD Foundation end-of-year newsletter (2009)

Deb Goodkin announced the publication of the annual FreeBSD Foundation’s End-of-Year Newsletter (2009). Table of contents: Letter From the President End-of-Year Fundraising Update New Console Driver Flattened Device Tree Project Improvements to the FreeBSD TCP Stack Highly Available Storage Project … Continue reading

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