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To: pekarske_bob@burr-brown.com
cc: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG,
        pekarske_bob@u2.bbrown.com
Subject: Re: Y2K 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 28 Dec 1998 14:50:01 MST."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 14:06:41 -0800
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>I really think I understand your point, but I write not as a contributor to
>your software but as a consumer of it. If I had written a module, I would
>be in a good possition to evaluate my code for Y2K compliance. But I did
>not.
>
>I am looking at FreeBSD as another contender for our corporate platforms. I
>like it because it is open source. The low cost is secondary. Other vendors
>have done extensive Y2k testing of there products. Your page gives the
>impression you have not.
>
>I believe most companies will not / cannot do extensive testing of
>purchased products for Y2k. They will seek vendor compliance statements and
>then chose a course of action - usually upgrade or replace.
>
>I believe it would be in FreeBSD's best interests to be able to provide an
>upgrade path.

   In fact we have done extensive testing and I believe the answer is "yes"
to all of the concerns that you raised in your previous email. ...but I can't
and won't give you any guarantees - other than if a bug is found, we'll work
to fix it. Doing any more than this opens us to legal liability if something
is missed and we don't have the resources to fight that.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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