From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 18:59:15 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 B23DE16A4E1 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:59:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walt@wump.org) Received: from mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D75B43D5A for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:59:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from walt@wump.org) Received: from mxip26a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip26a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.181]) by mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6SIx8Yh017833 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:59:09 -0400 Received: from 68-116-98-9.dhcp.rsbg.or.charter.com (HELO [10.0.0.10]) ([68.116.98.9]) by mxip26a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 28 Jul 2006 14:59:07 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,193,1151899200"; d="scan'208"; a="1460997348:sNHT142439646" Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: wump@sorcom.com@mail.mcsi.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <54BDA592-E798-4A1C-A53E-72C8707B3630@shire.net> References: <88D3FDF2A772ED44BCF8C91626ECD06905FD0A75@sm-cala-xm20.swna.wd pr.disney.com> <54BDA592-E798-4A1C-A53E-72C8707B3630@shire.net> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:42:48 -0700 To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" , "Born, Clinton" From: Walt Pawley Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 18:59:15 -0000 At 6:30 PM -0600 7/27/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: >> Really? I wouldn't want such a myopic view when choosing to >> 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 >short term see as the best tool may not be such in 2 years ... Good luck on figuring out what's "best", anyway. IMHO, things are seldom so simple whether time passage is considered or not. -- Walter M. Pawley Wump Research & Company 676 River Bend Road, Roseburg, OR 97470 541-672-8975