From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 21:09:11 2006 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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 A323816A4DF for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:09:11 +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 4D73743D45 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:09:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1G6Za2-000CCY-LA for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:09:10 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <84b68b3d0607281312h118c9fbav4d66a3de6aa8b1a4@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060726164622.Q17979@ganymede.hub.org> <20060726201933.GH5284@jeeves.stilyagin.local> <20060726185018.BB70.GERARD@seibercom.net> <20060726231555.GB19000@gothmog.pc> <a25afc300607270829n6575615cu8c2e63e8803c4f99@mail.gmail.com> <ef10de9a0607271050y5d940271h5e00bcaf3c618db2@mail.gmail.com> <84b68b3d0607271127k175100d9sa3285fadc53e5369@mail.gmail.com> <20060728161300.M27679@ganymede.hub.org> <84b68b3d0607281312h118c9fbav4d66a3de6aa8b1a4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5E568E49-C0A0-44AD-A0E9-704B953AA19B@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:09:10 -0600 To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> 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 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 <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:09:11 -0000 On Jul 28, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Amitabh Kant wrote: > On 7/29/06, User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> wrote: >> And my point is that those not supporting FreeBSD already don't care, >> since as far as they are concerned, their is no market for them to be >> losing .... not buying their products isn't telling them anything >> they >> didn't already believe ... > > The point where it hurts them is when I prefer stuffs having FreeBSD > support even while purchasing/recommending hardware for windows. I do > a lot consulting for companies which have a mix of BSD/Linux and > Windows servers. This is more so in case of RAID cards for me, where I > would go in for 3Ware rather than Promise or other brands. > > I must admit though that it is not always possible to follow this > rule, but I amke it a point to follow it as closely as possible in the > given circumstances. As somebody has already written earlier, one > should pick the best tool for the job. But if I have a approximately > similar performance options from two or more hardware, my choice would > automatically go in for one that supports *BSD. There are practical reasons for this sort of policy, not just ideological. In two years, if you need to retarget a server from Windows to FreeBSD for a new project, then you can still use the equipment since you did you homework 2 years earlier. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net