From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 7 10:23: 3 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CADC737B401 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:23:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C7243FA3 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:23:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h27IMxPD014226; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:22:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h27IMx8o014225; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:22:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:22:59 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Michael Sierchio Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "leak" in softupdates? Message-ID: <20030307192259.A14187@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20030305204526.T38115@hub.org> <20030307090033.GA61037@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030307101718.GA1908@kevad.internal> <20030307081643.B15693@hub.org> <3E68BAC0.5080301@tenebras.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3E68BAC0.5080301@tenebras.com>; from kudzu@tenebras.com on Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 07:29:04AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.8-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 07:29:04AM -0800, Michael Sierchio wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > As for 'the enterprise', I think the only thing that I really find about > > FreeBSD that 'hurts' is that I can't go above the 4Gig of RAM limit within > > ia32, even though there are boards that do support it ... > > This is definitely an area of concern, and I *am* glad that you're > doing boundary testing ;-) > > The biggest obstacles to adoption in the enterprise aren't technical, > however. It's all about mind share, and IT staff tolerate all > manner of stupid limitations from Sun, HP, IBM, etc. s/IT staff/IT management/ in most cases. The actual staff are not the folks deciding on purchasing A. over B. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message