Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:10:24 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: so, FreeBSD on VMware is dead, right? Message-ID: <20120121161024.444a11c2@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4F1B1C45.60902@freebsd.org> References: <4F1B1C45.60902@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:12:53 -0500 Michael Scheidell articulated: > I reached out to a high level sr engineer at VMware and told him > there was a lot of companies using FreeBSD on VMware, and a lot more > that would, if just VMware gave us some love (fixed, or helped us fix > some device drivers). > > He asked "how many"? I have experienced the same exact problem when contacting various companies regarding drivers suitable for FreeBSD. Virtually none of them are interested in developing and maintaining drivers for what they consider a niche environment. One such company did what yours did, asked to to name other users of the device I was inquiring about. I felt rather embarrassed to admit that I could not name a single one. At least you had one. Good luck! -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header.
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