Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:49:00 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <18753.13932.981393.111999@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20081211155208.D1327@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <4be2da2e0812062344y26eddcc9sf589531d10c71a1c@mail.gmail.com> <20081207093713.O5433@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207082932.04a7cf16@scorpio> <11167f520812070853i3b6fa6dei6e5c71669416470@mail.gmail.com> <20081207191727.V1610@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207193517.GA20905@laverenz.de> <20081207121431.5dcb37f9@gom.home> <1228733482.4495.14.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081211122714.W4172@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081211071914.278ae942@scorpio> <20081211133632.114d77c7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20081211155208.D1327@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar writes: > > At work, FreeBSD and Solaris are present. For some fields of > > use, I would not FreeBSD instead of Solaris. However, I found > > isn't the reason to using solaris just the need to run > solaris-only binary software? I believe there are cases where the vendor publishes software for multiple OSes, but offers official support for only some of them. If having vendor support is a deal-breaker - either for operational or contractual reasons - and the only alternative to Solaris is Windows<mumble> .... Robert Huff
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