Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 16:41:05 -0700 From: "K" <contactk@hotmail.com> To: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: "Advocacy List" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd in the Enterprise world. Message-ID: <OE53fExvWvqzAoa2JB10000090c@hotmail.com> References: <200008201931.PAA19333@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> To: "K" <contactk@hotmail.com> Cc: "Advocacy List" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 12:41 PM Subject: Re: Freebsd in the Enterprise world. > On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 05:26:48 -0700, K wrote: > > >We're setting up an enterprise environment and so of course we'll be using > >shared storage (Symmetrix) products from EMC. > > > This is one thing I discussed some weeks back on an Egroups list > I formed to discuss BSD in the corporate/organization > environment. I had a simmilar situtation in that I wanted to use > a shared external SCSI box on FreeBSD. I found a way to get > around it, but such support simply is not there for FreeBSD. > > The longer I use FreeBSD at work the more sadden I get in that > FreeBSD seems more like an ISP/Internet OS. The type of things > needed in corporations are just not there. > > >we must use Solaris. > > I also ended up having to run part of the things I needed to run > on Solaris. On my case it was due to Sendmail Switch not been > available for FreeBSD. Sendmail Switch was your largest problem? Sheesh, that's the most simple issue with us. However we are Postfix fans and that of course runs on FreeBSD. > > >In any event, I urge all of you that give the slightest damn about FreeBSD > >having any kind of place in the enterprise world to contact EMC and ask them > >to *register* your request for FreeBSD support. > > We could, but I doubt it would do much. About the best thing > that could happen is if a competitor came up with something.. > then they would listen. It's often so aggrevating. I understand corporations' position, hell, we're one as well and maintaining ports that won't be used doesn't make sense, but I guess I'm a trifle emotional in that I just get so sad that I cannot make FreeBSD the standard in my firm when I know it would be the absolute best choice. > > > >in support for FreeBSD in Enterprise environments are being removed. > > > Very slowly. > > > > francisco > Moderator of the Corporate BSD list > http://www.egroups.com/group/BSD_Corporate > > Thank you very much for replying to my post. Ciao, Kelly To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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