From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 28 11:52:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB1E16A40E for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:52:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA08F446CE for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:52:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from coolf89ea26645 (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k5SBqlx54646; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:52:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Message-ID: <000801c69aa9$71f65f40$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Francisco Reyes" , "Marc G. Fournier" References: <20060622174220.AEB6D44696@mx1.FreeBSD.org><20060622145130.I1114@ganymede.hub.org> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:53:16 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:52:55 -0000 How much more official can this get: http://www.testdrive.hp.com/os/#bsd How can a company officially support an operating system that does not have a development organization that will guarentee a response on a problem? Doing so would be tanasmount to assuming FreeBSD development, all that would happen is that anyone that has any problem with FreeBSD could simply buy a HP server then whammo - instant free FreeBSD custom programming. Notice that while HP lists support for Linux, the fine print does not support ALL Linux distributions. You have no guarentee that any piece of hardware you buy will be supported on any future revision of FreeBSD, or even Windows for that matter. I have lots of Intel gear in my basement that was supported on various Windows versions in the past, which cannot run today's Windows. Your being unrealistic. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:43 AM Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? > Marc G. Fournier writes: > > > settled on HP Proliant servers . > > The problem with HP, as I see it, is that they "officially" do not support > freebsd.. I even sent an email to ask.. and the categorically stated that it > is not supported. > > I would not want to standarize on something which is not guaranted will > work in the future with FreeBSD. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >