From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 10 00:14:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13938 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:14:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA13893 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:14:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA16983; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:44:38 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA02016; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:44:36 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980410164435.56510@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:44:35 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Wes Peters , esr@thyrsus.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Open Source Products References: <351AEF41.4F70237E@xylan.com> <19980326210133.22728@snark.thyrsus.com> <13595.56491.667048.54397@salty.slcyp> <19980409121849.51551@snark.thyrsus.com> <13612.62597.457605.646138@salty.slcyp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <13612.62597.457605.646138@salty.slcyp>; from Wes Peters on Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 10:20:46AM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 9 April 1998 at 10:20:46 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > Eric S. Raymond writes: >> Yes, please do. Bear in mind, however, who I'm trying to impress. It won't >> help us to list anybody who's doing less than a million dollars a year in >> business -- and I need to be able to *quote* that run rate on the page. > > Thanks for providing clarification. Have I missed the beginning of this thread, or is it the first we've seen in -chat? In which case, permit me to aske what this is all about. > I'm certain Walnut Creek should qualify, at least that would get > FreeBSD on the list. As a platform for creating servers of any > sort, FreeBSD really shines. IMHO, it's somewhat easier to put > together a working FreeBSD server than Linux, due to the more > tightly controlled releases. I've personally installed FreeBSD on > machines all around this area, used as intranet servers, source code > control servers based on both CVS and Perforce (see > www.perforce.com, they're big FreeBSD fans, too), and as email/web > servers for small companies with full-time internet connectivity. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message