From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 08:02:11 2005 Return-Path: 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 27D4616A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:02:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0F943D2D for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:02:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j0K81xj06464; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:02:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: , Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:01:59 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <200501171403.33603.jimd@nepinc.com> Importance: Normal cc: list@mindling.com Subject: RE: freebsd IT mailing list or newsgroup? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:02:11 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jim Durham > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:04 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: list@mindling.com > Subject: Re: freebsd IT mailing list or newsgroup? > > > I guess I would have to say that the niche I am talking about > is supporting > applications of a corporate/business nature on FreeBSD. > One big problem with this is that still, the majority of software business apps are commercial packages, and the vendors of those packages release their apps for platforms that they consider to help them sell their software. The Oracle story is a good example. Back in 1999-2000, Oracle actually completed a port of Oracle to FreeBSD. But they never released it, deciding that there was not enough market for it. Later they released it for Linux, but still, even today, many companies that sell Oracle-related software still don't have Linux ports. Naturally, a lot of software that isn't really a corporate business application (like a web server) is used by business and by corporations. But that is already covered plenty elsewhere. Ted