From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 21:48:32 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 7498D16A41F for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:48:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19AAE43D48 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:48:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j96LmVBn006513; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:48:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id j96LmVFb006512; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:48:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200510062148.j96LmVFb006512@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: dannyman@toldme.com (Danny Howard) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:48:31 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20051006210025.GO564@ratchet.nebcorp.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Christian Kuhtz , "Andrew P." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ansar Mohammed 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 21:48:32 -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?" 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 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" >