Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:37:49 +1000 From: phil <freebsd@pronet.net.au> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware Partners ad Advocates Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980527153749.0087f4f0@mail.pronet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980526193050.0069c08c@pacificnet.net>
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At 07:30 PM 26/05/1998 -0700, you wrote: > >I was wondering... What would it take to get hardware companies like Dell, >Gateway, and Micron to sell their server products with FreeBSD installed >(or just on a cd for the customer to install) instead of Windows NT? Novell,Sun,BSDI,etc. etc. >What comes into play with trying to do that? packaged application/server software >Prove that FreeBSD is worthy? freebsd doesn't have any supporting mechanisms > Or are those hardware vendors afraid that Microsoft would retaliate? Of course, Dell etc. would loose their discount, as an example, most MS bundles come with a 200-300% markup, software is only books and cd's, hardware markups are usually 20% for those big companies, oh and the MS marketing machine, the biggest in the industry, that tells you to buy a new machine/upgrade every year, which suits dell fine. >(I'm not >sure up on the MS vs. DOJ subject) How much trouble would it be for them >to have FreeBSD as on option? You could apply for a marketing job at Dell :P >(I'm sure they can possibly have other >options as well - BSDi, Linux, Solarix x86) Anyways, I was just wondering. > Any comments, opinions, or answers? > > >Joey Garcia > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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