From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 7 07:12:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF8C16A401 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 07:12:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-3-125.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.3.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A71213C44C for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 07:12:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l376vLAB081709; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:57:21 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l376vLKV081708; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:57:21 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:57:21 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Bruce Burden Message-ID: <20070407065720.GE71995@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200704061837.l36IbNEF071481@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> <20070406194249.GB87327@just.puresimplicity.net> <20070407000510.GB70451@tigerfish2.my.domain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070407000510.GB70451@tigerfish2.my.domain> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: All I want is a decent server! X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:12:11 -0000 --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-Apr-06 19:05:10 -0500, Bruce Burden wrote: >On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 02:42:49PM -0500, Josh Tolbert wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 03:38:03PM -0400, telmnstr@757.org wrote: >> > > I'm having a heck of a time trying to find somewhere >> > >responsible and responsive to buy a server from. It shouldn't be >> > Have you considered building your own server? I don't > know that it would be that much different in price, and > you seem to know what you want. The main (only) reason for buying a server instead of building it would be to have hardware support. >> > Nobody ever got fired for buying Compaq. Or IBM. >> Except the head of HP. :) > I wish I was going to be sent on my way with a cool > $25 million like Carly... Senior executives can't lose. Either the company does well and they get performance bonuses or the company loses tons of money, they resign or are pushed and get massive golden parachutes. --=20 Peter Jeremy --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGF0DQ/opHv/APuIcRAqTDAKDB6Ofuz9ok/OwrHdWV6gFfsrav1gCfdI1W E7b8XBuYO35jRcI/dH073/A= =vurz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU--