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Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net>
Subject: Re: What sort of market does FreeBSD provide ... ?
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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.