Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:23:12 -0700 From: Darren <freebsd@bitfreak.org> To: User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> Subject: Re: What sort of market does FreeBSD provide ... ? Message-ID: <44C42100.5090201@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20060723210819.T17979@ganymede.hub.org> References: <200607232029.k6NKTQ4T025366@fire.jhs.private> <20060723210819.T17979@ganymede.hub.org>
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User Freebsd wrote: > Who *big* recognizes FreeBSD as a viable > operating system, at least openly? When PHK asked the FreeBSD community to donate USD16,500-33000 so he could spend 3-6 months working regular hours on FreeBSD, Pair Networks (pair.com) donated USD20,000. I don't know if that's "recognition as viable" or not, but businesses generally don't give $20k to anyone without a reasonable expectation of a solid return on investment. > Hell, how many ppl are still running 3.x or 4.x systems, vs the newer > stuff? I have a few systems running the "final" RELENG_4. These are only doing so because they're internal file or mail servers on older hardware. They're stable, problem free and have low exposure with no applicable security flaws. I can't justify depriving a business of critical IT services for the several hours it will take to do the rebuild.
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