From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 13 00:13:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07312 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:13:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sundance.stacken.kth.se (sundance.stacken.kth.se [130.237.234.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07307 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:13:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from art@stacken.kth.se) Received: from pizza.stacken.kth.se (pizza.stacken.kth.se [130.237.234.73]) by sundance.stacken.kth.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18035; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:13:15 +0100 (MET) Received: (from art@localhost) by pizza.stacken.kth.se (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA01278; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:14:08 +0100 (MET) To: Chuck Robey Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Detailed info on Fail-safe cluster for Freebsd/unixes References: From: Artur Grabowski Date: 13 Nov 1998 09:14:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: Chuck Robey's message of "Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:41:36 -0500 (EST)" Message-ID: Lines: 44 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.44/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chuck Robey writes: > On 13 Nov 1998, Artur Grabowski wrote: > > > "Tech1" writes: > > > > > The cost of this software is $350 but open for bargin. For more than 10M $ > > > company it's another price. If anyone working as consultant for companies. > > > You may resell this software to them. > > > > Or you can get almost the same thing for free from http://www.eddieware.org/ > > With source code. (Yes, I know it still doesn't run on *BSD, but that's a > > matter of weeks until that code is released). > > The guy's trying to make a living, and you're not. How do you know that? Is it the normal attitude "noone can make money on freeware"? I just happen to work at /// in the part that's doing Erlang. And Eddie is the way the PHBs want to check if "open sourcing" Erlang would be a good idea. _I_ know that if Erlang stays non-free it will die. So yes, I'm trying to make a living. Please. Don't judge people without knowing the facts. > You don't know the > quality of either piece of software yet, Oh, I know the quality of Eddie. And I certainly know the quality of Erlang. Erlang was _written_ for robustness and failover. And my job is to ensure the quality of Erlang. And I can promise you that I'm doing a great job. > but attitudes like that are a > big reason that free software isn't more highly catered to by commercial > companies. Oh. So Ericsson is a commercial company.. When did we start doing charity? btw. Why shouldn't I let people know that there are alternatives? Even if they are free or commercial? Since when did this market benefit from monopoly? //art To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message