From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 19:51:56 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 A061316A4DD for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:51:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD9643D5C for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:51:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.231]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.51) id 1G6YNH-0008aF-8M; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:51:55 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: <88D3FDF2A772ED44BCF8C91626ECD06905FD0A75@sm-cala-xm20.swna.wdpr.disney.com> <54BDA592-E798-4A1C-A53E-72C8707B3630@shire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <43270308-12AF-4CE7-A0BB-A5A9867D46C1@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:51:55 -0600 To: jan gestre X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false 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 19:51:56 -0000 On Jul 28, 2006, at 1:25 PM, jan gestre wrote: > On 7/28/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: >> >> >> On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Born, Clinton 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 when >> support is dropped and you are in a forced obsolescence and have to >> replace it with something else... So making value judgments like >> tools that are known to be well supported on FReeBSD for example is >> part of determining the best tool for the job >> > these are FUD! ???? There is nothing there that is FUD. > > always think positive and don't be a cynic. nobody knows what will > happen > two years from now, right? No, you can't, but often past history can predict pretty well how some companies will behave. If companies have a history of quickly dropping support etc then they probably will continue down that path. Of they provide open source drivers and commit back into the project, they will probably continue with that. Chad > _______________________________________________ > 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"