Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:53:18 +0000 From: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> To: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: And now, the Linux is near... Message-ID: <20041202085318.GL68012@iconoplex.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041201183235.GD79077@night.dbn> References: <20041201165454.GJ68012@iconoplex.co.uk> <20041201124818.17FC59%0DAD03D2@iname.com> <20041201183235.GD79077@night.dbn>
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On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 01:32:35PM -0500, Diane Bruce wrote: > A well known solid company that offered support contracts for any of the > bsd's to nervous corporation/ISPs might be able to survive. It is a chicken > and egg situation and I doubt there is any well known solid company that > could do it. Well, IBM are doing it with Linux. No, no, you're right, they're not solid at all... I do actually know that there are plenty of SMEs out there who would love to move to Open Source, even if it were just Open Office and Thunderbird/Firefox but can't get any of the local support companies to provide a contract for assistance. I suspect it's the same all over the place. -- Paul Robinson http://www.iconoplex.co.uk/ "All I know is I'm not a Marxist" - Karl Marx
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