Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:47:42 -0300 From: Pedro Martelletto <pedro@ambientworks.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> Cc: misc@openbsd.org, Harpalus a Como <harpalus.como@gmail.com>, "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@gmail.com>, Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, miros-discuss@mirbsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of NetBSD Message-ID: <20060831234742.GD15085@jp.animata.net> In-Reply-To: <20060831195609.P82634@hub.org> References: <20060830232723.GU10101@multics.mit.edu> <98f5a8830608301731s2b0663e3g94b0bd32f8a06a78@mail.gmail.com> <c6d37fe0608310259k12fe629eve59e59042fcfdb4c@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.BSM.4.64L.0608311312190.8977@odem.66h.42h.de> <950621ad0608310654h78ae0023g346abd108815ae72@mail.gmail.com> <20060831110112.J82634@hub.org> <f34ca13c0608310843p4e28b57eoec2f60737c034ddb@mail.gmail.com> <20060831184715.B82634@hub.org> <20060831223543.GC15085@jp.animata.net> <20060831195609.P82634@hub.org>
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 08:01:49PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > In a perfect world, they all would ... this is not a perfect world, it is > one dominated by Linux or Microsoft ... I use Adaptec drivers on 3 of my > servers, because, in 4.x, they were rock solid ... in 6.x, they have a > problem ... I'd like to be able to go out and upgrade those servers to a > vendor that provides "documentation", but its a cost I can't afford at > this time ... so, should I then switch to Linux because they do welcome > 'vendor written drivers'? Rhetorical question, since I do not consider > switching to Linux an option ... instead, I'm trying to do something to > help *BSD advocates promote *BSD to those vendors (see > http://www.bsdstats.org) by showing them that we aren't just a 'hobbiest > operating system' ... what my point is, though, is if we aren't willing to > accept 'vendor written drivers', then it is *we* that are limiting our > growth but limiting what hardware we can run stably on ... A 'hobbiest' operating system is one which makes no demands, accepting whatever the vendors want it to. And it's not a matter of promoting *BSD to the vendors. It's a matter of vendors promoting their products by providing clear, concise documentation, demonstrating the quality and correctness of their products. We should not wait for a perfect world to make correct decisions. -p.
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