Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:48:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: dannyman@toldme.com (Danny Howard) Cc: Christian Kuhtz <christian@kuhtz.com>, "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical) Message-ID: <200510062148.j96LmVFb006512@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20051006210025.GO564@ratchet.nebcorp.com>
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> > 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?" Supply Chain Management is a whole field which probably most people from the old days might have called the purchasing department. ////jerry > 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. I think there are some persons out there who sell FreeBSD support for a fee. ////jerry > > -danny > > > >On 10/6/05, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm@gmail.com> 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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