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Date:      Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:22:36 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) 
Message-ID:  <199704181522.JAA21382@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970418102217.00b5c400@etinc.com>
References:  <3.0.32.19970418102217.00b5c400@etinc.com>

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> Why is this "annoucement" such a big secret? Are you just not sure
> yet? You complain about no commercial vendors not being interested in
> FreeBSD, and then you give us this horsecrap about "wait 90 days for
> the big unveiling..."

You've obviously never dealt with other commercial vendors before.
Right now as we speak my company is waiting with baited breath for two
companies (Symantec and IONA) to release their next products, which are
*critical* to our future success, since the # of bugs and missing
features in the current crop make it useless for long-term success.  All
attempts to let us know *IF* our bugs are fixed, whether or not new
features that exist in other vendors products, and anything that will
help us to make decisions are not told.

This is *common* with all organizations, at least with FreeBSD you get
*hints* as to what's coming down the pike by looking at commit messages,
with commercial companies you cross your fingers and hope for the best.


Nate



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