From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 12 23:30:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA06737 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 23:30:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA06732 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 23:30:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from localhost (mjacob@localhost) by feral.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA21728; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 23:30:49 -0800 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 23:30:48 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob X-Sender: mjacob@feral-gw Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Matthew Dillon cc: Dru Nelson , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates In-Reply-To: <199902121921.LAA06904@apollo.backplane.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > :-matt > > If you need absolute reliability, I would seriously consider a NetApp. > I'd choose that over everything - solaris, irix, *bsd, linux, NT. You > name it. They're even less open than Microsoft. A newer Novell. And I know whereof of what I speak- I worked with a large chunk of these folks either at Auspex or Sun. There are two factors being pursued- one is service goals, and the other is research/development/tech-transfer. If the former goal was the only one, *BSD/Linux would not be considered as it isn't a warrantable item. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message