Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 09:38:31 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970412093828.006c986c@etinc.com>
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At 11:41 AM 4/11/97 -0700, you wrote: >dennis wrote: >> >> I think that any vendor who does not have a developer on the hackers list >> isn't >> committed enough to recognize...... The hackers list is the best registry you >> can have, and although there is a lot of irrelevant banter (as there is on >> any list), it gives a philosophical understanding of what is going on rather >> that just snippets of effectual data. >> >I don't think so. A vendor won't survive by selling FreeBSD-only >products (at least no yet :-)), and keeping a developer tied to a >platform and lots of irrelevant messages will not lower their costs. What does selling Freebsd-only products have to do with anything? And who said anything about lowering costs. There are (at least) 2 strategies for selling product...there's cheap wine and fine wine. If you are looking for vendors to sell cheap wine for freebsd, then you are correct. db > >> Checklists are almost always inadequate, although I suppose required for >> any automated attempt at implementing such a scenario. I don't know how >> you would implement "kernel", as I cant imagine that you could quantify >> the impact of a seemingly trivial kernel change on any particular product. >> >> I would suggest that you encourage vendors to participate in freebsd's future >> rather than just read about it. > >Easy to say ....the hacker's list has always been available. Then perhaps there is a different reason that commercial vendors stay away from FreeBSD? db
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