From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 25 01:52:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1F3016A417 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:52:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5536843D62 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:52:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 6322 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2006 11:52:03 +1000 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO localhost) (210.8.93.2) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 25 Oct 2006 11:52:03 +1000 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:51:59 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Jim Stapleton" Message-ID: <20061025115159.6e6cbd5b@localhost> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20610241236y353eb397u87c4bed8fbce2cf2@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20610241236y353eb397u87c4bed8fbce2cf2@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some old fashioned assistance requested, and some oppinions wanted. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:52:05 -0000 On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:36:41 -0400 "Jim Stapleton" wrote: > 1) If Toshiba were to provide open source drivers for it's > "weirdities", would you purchase their machines? Yes > > 2) If "yes" to #1, would you join me in a snail-mail writing campaign > to them to request they provide drivers for BSD and/or Linux - > preferrably open source for one, or closed source for both, if it must > remain closed for whatever reasons. Sure > 3) Off the topic of the main post, what are your top 3 vendors if your > main consideration is the combination of (1) FreeBSD compatable > hardware, and (2) Reliable/Honest/Intelligent and Customer Friendly > tech support for hardware issues. Depends what for... notebooks : had some mostly-OK experience with Tosh, definitely good with IBM. Servers, HP have been good so far, and so have hand-picked hardware... B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Tell a person you're the Metatron and they stare at you blankly. Mention something out of a Charleton Heston movie and suddenly everyone's a Theology scholar!" Dogma I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.