Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:39:33 -0000 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: "Erich Dollansky" <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>, "Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh@logicsquad.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The only worthwhile logo-related comments so far.... Message-ID: <E1D0GE1-0007x7-7d@smp500.sitetronics.com>
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--------- Original Message -------- From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Paul A. Hoadley <paulh@logicsquad.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The only worthwhile logo-related comments so far.... Date: 13/02/05 07:01 > > Hi, > > Paul A. Hoadley wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 02:30:59PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > > > > are you really saying that you have had experiences where FreeBSD was > > rejected when it became clear that the project was steered by a small > > group of developers elected from a larger group of developers? That > > is, was the rejection based on a description of the core group concept > > specifically, or some larger issue of support? > > > > > I think with all that snipping - also done by me - my point got turned > to something very different. > > The point is the lack of a company supporting FreeBSD like IBM does for > Linux, is a reason for companies not to take FreeBSD as they cannot turn > back to that company if things go wrong. > > All the potential user sees is currently this small group called 'core' > which is obviously to small to give the same support like IBM - or any > other huge company - could give. > > Even if the support would be locally handled by some small company, the > potential customer just wants to be able to call the big boy in case > something goes the wrong way. We (OffMyServer) do commercially support FreeBSD for our customers. Commercially supporting every FreeBSD user is just not possible, though I know that wasn't your point. I just want to point out that there _are_ several companies out there who have interest in commercially supporting FreeBSD. > As mentioned before, I know that FreeBSD became what it is because core > exists. > > Erich --Devon
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