Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:46:37 -0700 From: "Doug Brent" <doug@whistle.com> To: <chat@freebsd.org> Cc: <chris@netmonger.net> Subject: A New Day at Whistle Message-ID: <044d01beee9b$abb72280$e2cd4ccf@dbrent.whistle.com>
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I don't subscribe to this list so I'm sure my name is unfamiliar to you. I'm Doug Brent, and for the last three years I have headed up development at Whistle. Recently, Terry Lambert and Julian Elischer (names I'm sure _are_ more familiar to you) passed along a note to me posted on this list from Chistopher Masto with some concerns as to the future of the InterJet and our customers (Whistle's FreeBSD-based hardware/software product). I want to thank Christopher for raising these concerns, because undoubtedly other people have them as well. As you may or may not know, Whistle was purchased by IBM about eight weeks ago. The reason why Whistle agreed to join IBM is that we think we are going to be delivering some killer small business solutions with IBM. Further, as part of IBM, our reach, and the corresponding ability to make a lot of small business's lives better, grows enormously. And--as you might expect--until we are ready to make some public announcements, I can't say much about our future plans (though the wait won't be long). Here's what I can say. We will continue to support our existing customers in accordance with the agreements we have in place with them. Although we haven't been perfect, our team take customer satisfaction very seriously. A new Whistle FreeBSD-based platform is now shipping in Japan and has already been reviewed in the U.S--winning the PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award; see: http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,404538,00.html Stay tuned for our upcoming plans. No one can fully predict the future, so I can't make "forever" statements about software direction. I can say that our next products will be based on FreeBSD, and--plug, plug--we are always looking to hire knowledgeable FreeBSD folks. We will continue to contribute code to the FreeBSD community (and other Open Source projects) and will find other ways to support the community. For example, Whistle has pledged to support the upcoming FreeBSD Conference with $2,000. I know this isn't a lot of data, and I still thought it was worth it to make this post. I hope it helps somewhat. Our goal: make better solutions that attract a lot more customers, and make us an even bigger FreeBSD success story. Thanks for your interest. Doug * * * * * * * * Doug Brent Vice President Product Development Whistle Communications 650.577.7067 --> http://www.whistle.com * * * * * * * * Doug Brent Vice President Product Development Whistle Communications 650.577.7067 --> http://www.whistle.com * * * * * * * * Doug Brent Vice President Product Development Whistle Communications 650.577.7067 --> http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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