Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:07:43 -0400 From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> To: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How Critical Is It To Use an ISP Running FreeBSD or BSD/OS? Message-ID: <40F21C9F.70807@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <D3373D43-D3B1-11D8-B6F3-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> References: <40F07719.9060702@earthlink.net> <20040710192028.669d1bd7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200407101659.31979.kstewart@owt.com> <40F099AE.1020500@earthlink.net> <D3373D43-D3B1-11D8-B6F3-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com>
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Lucas Holt wrote: > If it is a small ISP, then the a unix like operating system on their > servers might me someone there can help you. With large isps, its > irrelivant. They will only support Windows, Mac Classic (os 9 or > lower) and maybe OSX if you are lucky. > > That being said, I'd like to point out that some isps are willing to > work with you. I started work in the computer industry in 98 at a > very small isp. I was the first tech hired. I had experience when i > started with Windows 3.1-95, NT 4, OS/2 Warp 3, and Redhat 5.0. By > the time I left in 2000, I handled all "odd" os calls. Basically our > techs could only handle windows 95, 98 and to some degree win 2k > calls. I handled all NT4, OS/2, Linux, HP-UX (yeah we got some), > Solaris, and Mac calls. if i wasn't there, customers were told to > call during my next scheduled shift. The other techs wouldn't > consider trying to help them. Often they just wanted dns servers, or > phone numbers. The mere mention of another os scared the techs off. > I was considered tier 2 support, web designer/webmaster and the NT sys > admin at the company which only had 15 employees in 2000. We had > about 4000 dialups and 1000 hosting accounts (mostly linux). > > In short, if you know explicit questions to ask then you can get > help. If not, you are out of luck. I have to lie to SBC to get help > with my DSL line when it goes down just because i have a router and > non windows based oses in the house. :) > > Lucas Holt > Luke@FoolishGames.com > ________________________________________________________ > FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) > JustJournal.com (Free blogging) > > Luke, Hopefully, I'll find an ISP committed to supporting the FreeBSD platform. Otherwise, I'll have to wait until I gain the expertise necessary to talk MS and translate that to FreeBSD. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Bob Perry -- I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0
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