Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:15:35 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> Subject: Re: so, FreeBSD on VMware is dead, right? Message-ID: <201201220815.36115.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <20120121161024.444a11c2@scorpio> References: <4F1B1C45.60902@freebsd.org> <20120121161024.444a11c2@scorpio>
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Hi, I wonder why I should run FreeBSD under VMware. On Sunday 22 January 2012 04:10:24 Jerry wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:12:53 -0500 > Michael Scheidell articulated: >=20 > > I reached out to a high level sr engineer at VMware and told him > > there was a lot of companies using FreeBSD on VMware, and a lot more > > that would, if just VMware gave us some love (fixed, or helped us fix > > some device drivers). > >=20 > > He asked "how many"? >=20 I do not know anybody who runs FreeBSD in a VM. All run it native on their = machines. Erich > I have experienced the same exact problem when contacting various > companies regarding drivers suitable for FreeBSD. Virtually none of > them are interested in developing and maintaining drivers for what they > consider a niche environment. One such company did what yours did, > asked to to name other users of the device I was inquiring about. I > felt rather embarrassed to admit that I could not name a single one. At > least you had one. >=20 > Good luck! >=20 > --=20 > Jerry =E2=99=94 >=20 > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 >=20
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