Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:22:58 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>, "Born, Clinton" <Clinton.Born@dig.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? Message-ID: <000201c6b51c$67f5c6b0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <88D3FDF2A772ED44BCF8C91626ECD06905FD0F0A@sm-cala-xm20.swna.wdpr.disney.com> <A0104433-E7FC-4001-8757-926BDB02BE21@shire.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: "Born, Clinton" <Clinton.Born@dig.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? > > On Jul 30, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Born, Clinton wrote: > > > Please explain? Because I like people to have an objective view > > when it > > comes to making technology decisions. We've made bad technology work, > > and I've seen free software cost more than the most expensive > > Microsoft > > license. Too many variables are involved and anyone evangelizing a > > single system should be viewed with skepticism.. Is this what you > > mean > > buy out of touch? > > The comparison to Hezbollah. There is not one item to compare > between "tech fanatics" and Hezbollah -- only contrast. > > I personally am not an Open Source (O.S.) weenie, and some folks are > O.S. fanatics etc (usually you find these in the Linux fan-boy club > but they probably exist everywhere) but I have yet to see a MS > solution that was the best solution to a given problem. I have, plenty of times. MS is the best solution for an application program that won't run on any other platform than Windows. And there are some markets out there where there are no open-source applications for those markets at all. However it is a gigantic stretch for our friend here to claim that Windows is the best tool for the job in these situations, because such a claim gives the impression that there are competitive open source applications that are just not as good. When in reality, there are no open source competitive applications at all. In these situations, Windows isn't the best tool for the job, it's the -only- tool for the job. It is like claiming that your car is the fastest car in the world based on a race that only you entered. Ted
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