Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:24:36 -0700 From: "Born, Clinton" <Clinton.Born@dig.com> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>, "Born, Clinton" <Clinton.Born@dig.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? Message-ID: <88D3FDF2A772ED44BCF8C91626ECD06905FD0BBE@sm-cala-xm20.swna.wdpr.disney.com>
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A predilection to evangelize tools that supports ones own belief in software superiority is what curtails our ability to move any platform forward. I would keep a hesitant eye on any individual that holds such fervent beliefs. I have old NT servers that have run Disney.com for several years and have served us well. Technology is an enabler, not a divider. Too many people unknowingly adopt the later. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 5:31 PM To: Born, Clinton Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Born, Clinton wrote: > Really? I wouldn't want such a myopic view when choosing to =20 > 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 =20 short term see as the best tool may not be such in 2 years when =20 support is dropped and you are in a forced obsolescence and have to =20 replace it with something else... So making value judgments like =20 tools that are known to be well supported on FReeBSD for example is =20 part of determining the best tool for the job Chad > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Amitabh Kant > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:28 AM > To: Nikolas Britton > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? > > And this is what I always do. As a person responsible for > recommending/approving/buying harware related stuff for few different > companies, I make it a point that I *prefer* only those brands that > have support for FreeBSD. For me, this is more so in case of RAID > cards. > > On 7/27/06, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: >> Except most of the people using FreeBSD in a professional setting are >> pretty high up on the IT/IS/MIS food chain. If a product doesn't work >> on my platform of choice then there's no way in hell I'll approve =20 >> it's >> uses on other platforms, FreeBSD is my litmus test. If a vendor >> doesn't support FreeBSD they can still pass my test by providing open >> documentation. >> > > I see the whole issue this way: companies are free to choose whether > to support FreeBSD or not, and I am free to choose/recommend their > product in my installations. It's only when we start to speak with our > money bags, that it will make commercial sense to them to support > *BSD. > > Amitabh > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-=20 > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net _______________________________________________ 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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