From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 07:16:53 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 D8DC316A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:16:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9385C43D31 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:16:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id C521D1C000A8 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:16:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A2A121C000A3 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:16:52 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050211071652666.A2A121C000A3@mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:16:52 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <164808488.20050211081652@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050210200443.A82212@server1.ultratrends.com> References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <200502102013.14837.m.hauber@mchsi.com> <20050210193807.O82212@server1.ultratrends.com> <200502110302.j1B325XL082258@server1.ultratrends.com> <20050210200443.A82212@server1.ultratrends.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Logo Contest X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:16:54 -0000 Technical Director writes: > "Okay Rob, you can have one FreeBSD box, on your desktop..." The first time I encountered FreeBSD, I dismissed it because of the name. It sounded like yet another geek hobbyist project, like Linux, and that was something I didn't think should run in a critical production environment. Even today, although I know that FreeBSD is indeed suitable for heavy-duty production environments, it's hard to recommend it for corporate and mission-critical use because there is no support structure for it, and unless a site has qualified UNIX administrators and programmers on staff (some sites do), FreeBSD--or any open-source UNIX system without a formal support structure--is a risky proposition. Sure, it may well run for twenty years without a boot ... but what if it _does_ crash? Whom do you call? That's what IT managers (rightly) worry about. -- Anthony