Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 11:40:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9508221156.Q1082-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
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information week, a glossy management droid magazine, has an article entitled "Is Freeware Worth It?" in the august 14th issue. no mention of FreeBSD, but rather 4 variants of Linux. here are a couple qoutes (without my personal comments--great restaint exercised here) to give you all an idea of how these people think: [begin] [snip] "You get what you pay for," warns Scott Winkler, VP of operating systems with Gartner Group Inc., and information technology advisory firm in Stamford, Conn. Winkler call the freeware market "nerd central" and warns IS managers to proceed with caution. "That's not to say there isn't good stuff out there," he adds. "But the quality of the code is not the whole story. There are many software management approaches users can take to reduce costs. Going to freeware should not be one of them." [snip] ....What's more, patches and fixes generally can be found--sometimes in minutes--on Internet discussion groups that specialize in specific freeware programs. Says Campbell, "I can probably fix the problem much faster than if I were dealing with Microsoft, Borland, or Novell." [snip] ....Last year, when the Santa Cruz Operation raised the price of SCO Unix, the move caused barely a stir among the company's users. The reason: Because SCO's products were significantly cheaper than Novell's and Hewlett-Packard's, some technology managers had a hard time convincing management that the SCO products were on a par with those of other vendors. But at a higher price, SCO's product gained respect. [snip] [end] perhaps this is the attitude that dennis and others have been referring to--if i dont pay a lot, i dont get squat. (can we sell these people "Fresh Air" ?? ). without a high dollar price tag and an acceptable name, the just cant deal with it. so maybe FreeBSD needs a commercial variant--Elitix--for the elite business people who just have to have the pricy version. (and they let these people run companies and make decisions involving other people and large sums of money--bloody hell) we really need a FreeBSD-Venting mailing list. whos the damn postmaster anyway ? jmb Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346
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