From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 1 12:00:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA22025 for current-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:00:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghost.uunet.ca (ghost.uunet.ca [142.77.1.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA22019 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:00:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by ghost.uunet.ca id <60064-1>; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 14:40:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 14:39:56 -0500 From: Cat Okita To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice/Recommendation needed Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Marc writes: > Main thing to consider is that I have a partner that is against > FreeBSD (cause its free) and would like to get our main server as rock-solid > as possible so that she can't use instability as an argument against me :( ...and his partner responds: It's not the stability/lack thereof (although running a production environment on the latest and greatest always makes me nervous - couldn't possibly imagine why...). Much of my quibble has to do with responsiblity and support. I *need* to know that I've got a support contract for the OS, and have someone to hang out the window if things aren't working. (Hell - someone to sue, if it comes to that). Free OS's are a wonderful thing - they let people use UNIX that might never otherwise be able to afford to do so; they offer source so that people can learn about how things work...but they don't offer a place for the buck to stop. Cat