Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:51:55 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: jan gestre <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? Message-ID: <43270308-12AF-4CE7-A0BB-A5A9867D46C1@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <a25afc300607281225w18bff942rc73dae2bd12f4337@mail.gmail.com> References: <88D3FDF2A772ED44BCF8C91626ECD06905FD0A75@sm-cala-xm20.swna.wdpr.disney.com> <54BDA592-E798-4A1C-A53E-72C8707B3630@shire.net> <a25afc300607281225w18bff942rc73dae2bd12f4337@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 28, 2006, at 1:25 PM, jan gestre wrote: > On 7/28/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> wrote: >> >> >> On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Born, Clinton wrote: >> >> > Really? I wouldn't want such a myopic view when choosing to >> > allocate our >> > shareholders dollars. Best tool for the job. Period! >> >> That is not as easy as you make it out to be. WHat one might in the >> short term see as the best tool may not be such in 2 years when >> support is dropped and you are in a forced obsolescence and have to >> replace it with something else... So making value judgments like >> tools that are known to be well supported on FReeBSD for example is >> part of determining the best tool for the job >> > these are FUD! ???? There is nothing there that is FUD. > > always think positive and don't be a cynic. nobody knows what will > happen > two years from now, right? No, you can't, but often past history can predict pretty well how some companies will behave. If companies have a history of quickly dropping support etc then they probably will continue down that path. Of they provide open source drivers and commit back into the project, they will probably continue with that. Chad > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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