From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 21 16:50:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CE1E11C6A for ; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:50:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 10426 invoked by uid 1001); 21 Feb 1999 20:46:22 -0000 Message-ID: <19990221204622.10425.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 06:46:21 +1000 From: Greg Black To: Graeme Tait Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux (was: a couple ?'s) References: <19990221070639.23601.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com> <19990221022122.A4170@drwho.xnet.com> <19990221205121.O93492@lemis.com> <36D00F9E.428B@echidna.com> In-reply-to: <36D00F9E.428B@echidna.com> of Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:52:30 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I only want to comment on two items here: > (3) Technical Support > > If I have to pay for technical support, it rather ruins the effect for a free > OS. I've noticed that several technical questions important to me have gone > effectively unanswered on the FreeBSD lists. I have no idea if Linux groups or > vendors might be better in this regard, or how the cost of paid support > compares, but it's something I would want to know more about for future > decisions. A free OS is still a lot cheaper than one you pay for and with most of the ones you pay for the technical support costs even more than the system. Compare BSDI's prices for upgrades only versus various levels of technical support. Technical questions often go unanswered even when you pay for the answers. Of course, you do have the option of asking for your money back, although this may not be easy to accomplish. I have no information on Linux support since I have no interest in Linux. > (4) Saleable skills > > Installed base per se doesn't matter to me when I choose an OS for my own > server. But if I want to do work in the outside world, being familiar with > Linux might be a big plus, especially as the Linux market share increases. Anybody with real skills won't have any trouble finding work with BSD systems. This is not going to change. (Of course, most of the people looking for work don't have real skills and they will have difficulties of one sort or another anyway.) -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message