From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 17:06:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE1416A41F for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:06:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhfoo@nexlabs.com) Received: from eastgate.starhub.net.sg (eastgate.starhub.net.sg [203.116.1.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23B843D55 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:06:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhfoo@nexlabs.com) Received: from gypsy ([222.165.90.189]) by eastgate.starhub.net.sg (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id j96H63CT030843; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 01:06:03 +0800 (SST) Message-ID: <001101c5ca98$43ae8e00$640a0a0a@gypsy> From: "Foo JH" To: "Andrew P." , "Ansar Mohammed" References: <43454B60.6060203@daleco.biz><768631270510060910h76ee564m45c149bdd388c58@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 01:06:10 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:06:08 -0000 > FreeBSD offers non-commercial support through > mailing-lists and doc-project (FAQs and Handbooks) > which is probably the most comprehensive, > active and effective support there is. It's a blame game as much as it is a genuine need for commercial help. As much as mailing lists and community support are strong and effective, that's not the kind of comfort level that corporates are going for, especially if they are betting their million-dollar product/ server on it.