From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 21:00:26 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 09F9016A420 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:00:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from djh@nebcorp.com) Received: from ratchet.nebcorp.com (ratchet.nebcorp.com [205.217.153.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C31FB43D45 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:00:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from djh@nebcorp.com) Received: by ratchet.nebcorp.com (Postfix, from userid 1014) id B543CD9876; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:00:25 -0700 From: Danny Howard To: Christian Kuhtz Message-ID: <20051006210025.GO564@ratchet.nebcorp.com> References: <43454B60.6060203@daleco.biz> <768631270510060910h76ee564m45c149bdd388c58@mail.gmail.com> <48530ABF-D9FC-4311-BB0F-A5A78134D5D3@kuhtz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48530ABF-D9FC-4311-BB0F-A5A78134D5D3@kuhtz.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Loop: djhoward@uiuc.edu Cc: Ansar Mohammed , "Andrew P." , 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 21:00:26 -0000 On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:55:58PM -0400, Christian Kuhtz wrote: > > Yeah, but also the most irrelevant when it comes to supply chain folk. Supply-chain folk? Is that a euphemism for "suits?" My employer is audited by clients on a regular basis. If you have your internal documentation and processes together, it doesn't seem to bother any of the corporate-types we run up against in the health-care industry that we are running a freely-available, open-source OS. If you require "commercial support" I'd like to think there is a commercial entity that can lease such an option to you. The FreeBSD foundation hasn't gone down that road yet, unlike some other projects. Maybe someday, but if you need a commercial support option that is co-branded with your Operating System, you could do worse than Solaris, or Red Hat Enterprise. -danny > >On 10/6/05, Ansar Mohammed wrote: > > > >>I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is > >>offered > >>by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. > >> > > > >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.