From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 2 19:19:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D33116A40F; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:19:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from witt@cylogistics.com) Received: from outbound.sentinare.net (outbound.sentinare.net [69.36.229.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C168F43D7C; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:19:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from witt@cylogistics.com) Received: from outbound.sentinare.net ([10.7.5.200]) by localhost (cf03.prod.scl.sentinare.net [10.7.5.103]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23911-02; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MALARD (c-69-181-201-237.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [69.181.201.237]) by mail.sentinare.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5BE3239CF; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:18:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Don Witt" To: "'Larry Rosenman'" , "'Colin Percival'" , "'Eduardo Meyer'" Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:19:09 -0700 Organization: cyLogistics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Thread-Index: AcbmU3xgcbQS2cRmQkG2rJe6XmUcXgAADqWwAAD3ICA= In-Reply-To: <007001c6e653$e0f38e90$0202fea9@SURGIENT.COM> Message-Id: <20061002191855.D5BE3239CF@outbound.sentinare.net> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sentinare.net Cc: stable@freebsd.org, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: RE: EV1 Servers makes me sick X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: witt@cylogistics.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:19:09 -0000 The BSDMall will supply servers. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Larry Rosenman > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:52 AM > To: 'Colin Percival'; 'Eduardo Meyer' > Cc: stable@freebsd.org; advocacy@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: EV1 Servers makes me sick > > Colin Percival wrote: > > Eduardo Meyer wrote: > >> "if your server is re-imaged with 6.0 vs the 5.4 version currently > >> installed we will not be able to support this. We have > found that the > >> versions after 5.4 are inherantly unstable. Please let us > know what > >> course of action you would like to take." > > > > EV1Servers has never been a major supporter of FreeBSD -- back when > > they were RackShack, it took a petition of several hundred people > > before they started offering FreeBSD at all. > > > > I wonder if they'll start offering more recent FreeBSD > releases next > > month after FreeBSD 5.4 becomes unsupported... > > > I know I was able to request (from ThePlanet, which merged with EV1) a > FreeBSD-6.1 system, > and they didn't give me the "unsupported" line. > > (this was within the last month for one of my clients). > > LER > > > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org > US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >