From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 21 21:10:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C030106564A for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199598FC0C for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghy10 with SMTP id 10so812631ghy.13 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:10:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.128.170 with SMTP id f30mr4293489yhi.66.1327180227350; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:10:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j11sm20270063anl.8.2012.01.21.13.10.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:10:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3TVs4c4ZjVz2CG4h for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:10:24 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:10:24 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120121161024.444a11c2@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4F1B1C45.60902@freebsd.org> References: <4F1B1C45.60902@freebsd.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnvToRBvoQ3LKyMiR1zKehx+HxMMr2uiqxfA1Quly+dcLoZB65jRoQZWrVrUkTSXClHFtO8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: so, FreeBSD on VMware is dead, right? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:10:28 -0000 On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:12:53 -0500 Michael Scheidell articulated: > I reached out to a high level sr engineer at VMware and told him > there was a lot of companies using FreeBSD on VMware, and a lot more > that would, if just VMware gave us some love (fixed, or helped us fix > some device drivers). > > He asked "how many"? I have experienced the same exact problem when contacting various companies regarding drivers suitable for FreeBSD. Virtually none of them are interested in developing and maintaining drivers for what they consider a niche environment. One such company did what yours did, asked to to name other users of the device I was inquiring about. I felt rather embarrassed to admit that I could not name a single one. At least you had one. Good luck! -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header.