From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 17:24:11 2006 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 E496616A4E2 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Clinton.Born@dig.com) Received: from mail2.disney.com (mail2.disney.com [204.128.192.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F7743D67 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:23:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Clinton.Born@dig.com) Received: from imr1.disney.pvt (imr1.disney.pvt [153.7.231.20]) by mail2.disney.com with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:23:38 -0700 Received: from sm-cala-xgw02b.swna.wdpr.disney.com (sm-cala-xgw02b.swna.wdpr.disney.com [153.7.30.143]) by imr1.disney.pvt with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:23:37 -0700 Received: from sm-cala-xm20.swna.wdpr.disney.com ([153.7.195.120]) by sm-cala-xgw02b.swna.wdpr.disney.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:23:37 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:24:36 -0700 Message-Id: <88D3FDF2A772ED44BCF8C91626ECD06905FD0BBE@sm-cala-xm20.swna.wdpr.disney.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? Thread-Index: Acax3TGdOkYZYEFQQsi9D9MvaCufXwAjQFlA From: "Born, Clinton" To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" , "Born, Clinton" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jul 2006 17:23:37.0600 (UTC) FILETIME=[8FD4C000:01C6B26A] Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? 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: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:24:11 -0000 A predilection to evangelize tools that supports ones own belief in software superiority is what curtails our ability to move any platform forward. I would keep a hesitant eye on any individual that holds such fervent beliefs. I have old NT servers that have run Disney.com for several years and have served us well. Technology is an enabler, not a divider. Too many people unknowingly adopt the later. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 5:31 PM To: Born, Clinton Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Born, Clinton wrote: > Really? I wouldn't want such a myopic view when choosing to =20 > allocate our > shareholders dollars. Best tool for the job. Period! That is not as easy as you make it out to be. WHat one might in the =20 short term see as the best tool may not be such in 2 years when =20 support is dropped and you are in a forced obsolescence and have to =20 replace it with something else... So making value judgments like =20 tools that are known to be well supported on FReeBSD for example is =20 part of determining the best tool for the job Chad > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Amitabh Kant > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:28 AM > To: Nikolas Britton > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? > > And this is what I always do. As a person responsible for > recommending/approving/buying harware related stuff for few different > companies, I make it a point that I *prefer* only those brands that > have support for FreeBSD. For me, this is more so in case of RAID > cards. > > On 7/27/06, Nikolas Britton wrote: >> Except most of the people using FreeBSD in a professional setting are >> pretty high up on the IT/IS/MIS food chain. If a product doesn't work >> on my platform of choice then there's no way in hell I'll approve =20 >> it's >> uses on other platforms, FreeBSD is my litmus test. If a vendor >> doesn't support FreeBSD they can still pass my test by providing open >> documentation. >> > > I see the whole issue this way: companies are free to choose whether > to support FreeBSD or not, and I am free to choose/recommend their > product in my installations. It's only when we start to speak with our > money bags, that it will make commercial sense to them to support > *BSD. > > Amitabh > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-=20 > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net _______________________________________________ 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"