From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 16 08:14:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA02863 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 16 May 1997 08:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.denverweb.net (root@sdn-ts-003coauroP14.dialsprint.net [206.133.160.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA02858 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 08:14:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion (blaine@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.denverweb.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA02205 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 09:21:47 -0600 Message-ID: <337C7B8B.58DCB2C3@denverweb.net> Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:21:47 -0600 From: Blaine Minazzi Organization: What, me organized? X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.27 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: isp@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: radius, usr total control and freebsd References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve wrote: > > > > > Ultimately, of course, there will be solutions which are compatible > > with both, but do you really want to make the investment now? > > > > I have 12 competitors in the area who are. So, how exactly are they doing it? You could always duplicate what they are doing... WIN NT Server, etc. just measure the cost of keeping them against the lost revenues. You may loose a few customers to the competition in the short run, but put some numbers on it. We all have customers who say they want XXX, three days after it is announced, but not enough to justify the expense involved at this point in time. It's just like when 28.8 first came out. MOST customers did NOT have it. Sure some wanted it, but running out and buying anything the customer says they want can make you broke and give you ulcers every month the PC Magazines announce the latest technology. My experiance is that those who have to have the latest and greatest are also the biggest support nightmares when things do not work according to the marketing brochures, ( and it's YOUR fault. ) and spend the greatest amount of time online, etc. Let the competition have some of them. That way they get the most resource intensive users, and the headaches. Measure the bottom line of this so called "upgrade"...