From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jan 1 19:23:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id TAA12317 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 19:23:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA12312 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 19:23:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id NAA15099; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 13:53:21 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701020323.NAA15099@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD into large corp. environment? In-Reply-To: <199701020256.SAA00357@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Jan 1, 97 06:56:55 pm" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 13:53:20 +1030 (CST) Cc: chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > 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. Been there, done that. 8( The problem is simply that without a percieved corporate body (read "someone we think we can sue if it doesn't work") behind the product, they won't bite. > Perhaps, we should designate a FreeBSD representative whom large > corporations should contact . We have one of those already. (Hi Jordan!) But a good rep isn't the issue here; it's one of providing the appropriate sop to people that are too blind or too stupid to deal with reality. -- ]] 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 [[