From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 23 05:43:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04F9F16A404 for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:43:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org) Received: from mail.bitfreak.org (mail.bitfreak.org [65.75.198.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD2C343D48 for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:43:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (mail.bitfreak.org [65.75.198.146]) by mail.bitfreak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACED919F2C; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:43:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <444B13FF.3020808@bitfreak.org> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:43:27 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Francisco Reyes References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Chat List Subject: Re: Anyone ever tried experts-exchange for freebsd questions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:43:32 -0000 Francisco Reyes wrote: > Was just looking at some of the questions people post on that service. > > However can't see the solutions.. anyone using that service or anything > like it for FreeBSD? Nope to both. The first because they don't offer a free demo period, so I can't verify their claims of exclusive knowledge without giving them money. The second because unlike certain other OSes, 99.99% of the documentation I need is either in Google's database or not in existence. In 8 years of using FreeBSD as a hobbyist and professional, I've only had one technical issue that was never resolved. Everything else has been answered to conclusion either on the mailing lists or through searches (now almost exclusively Google). In Linux and Windows, you need professional people and paid support services because there are massive proprietary layers built on top of the standard bits. The standard bits are documented, but support for the proprietary bits is a business model of most of the companies involved. It's not a bad thing outright, just not very nice to those with thin wallets. I also emmensely enjoy the thought that people who use Linux and Windows are often in need of professional help while I, being a FreeBSD user, am beyond help.