Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 18:56:55 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD into larget corp. environment? Message-ID: <199701020256.SAA00357@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jan 1997 12:01:11 %2B1030." <199701020131.MAA14702@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Well, You can introduce them to bug report system for freebsd and the mailing list. One can argue that posting to the list or submitting a bug report is just as efficient or more than lets say reporting a bug to Sun or Microsoft. Perhaps, we should designate a FreeBSD representative whom large corporations should contact . Amancio >From The Desk Of Michael Smith : > Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > > > > If they are a big corporation they can hire a couple of programmers > > for the OS support. Is just that people have to get used to the > > notion that they can have control over their OS 8) > > They don't want to do that. Both I and the local enthusiasm agree that > it'd be the best way to go, but there's historical and management > resistance to the idea. (They're scared of being stuck with an orphan, > basically.) > > The conversation, as reported to me, went something like : > > E: "Give me 8 hiring forms and I'll make this a supported platform for the > entire Asia-Pacific region". > M: "Would you put your genitalia on the railway tracks for this?" > E: "Yes". > ... > > Unfortunately, courage and confidence aren't enough. 8( > > > Amancio > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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