From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 22 12:29:28 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id MAA12492 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:29:28 -0700 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA12484 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:29:24 -0700 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA07396; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:27:05 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199508221927.MAA07396@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: your mail To: freelist@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu (Don's FList drop) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:27:05 -0700 (PDT) Cc: jmb@kryten.atinc.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Don's FList drop" at Aug 22, 95 12:39:21 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1084 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk ... > > 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) > > No, we need a few value-added resellers who provide support and > coordination that the organizations can't do for themselves, similar to > the Caldera option. Or at least a more visible inclusion of "People You > Can Pay For Help With FreeBSD" with the distributions. And if folks don't think this is a real need, and that there is real money to be made in doing just that, you've uniformed. Due to my work load, and the growth of FreeBSD I can no longer meet the ``demand'' for technical support contracts I am getting. I have had to turn 3 down in the last 2 weeks. The time is getting very ripe for a ``commercial'' venture in this area :-). -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD