From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 10 08:48:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA10626 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:48:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from cerberus.partsnow.com (gatekeeper.partsnow.com [207.155.26.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA10619 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:48:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from don@PartsNow.com) Received: (from bin@localhost) by cerberus.partsnow.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) id BAA09763; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 01:46:24 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: cerberus.partsnow.com: bin set sender to using -f Received: from nouvelle(192.168.100.9) by cerberus.partsnow.com via smap (V2.0) id xma009761; Mon, 10 Nov 97 01:46:09 -0800 Message-ID: <34673A45.E06@PartsNow.com> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:45:57 -0800 From: Don Wilde Reply-To: don@PartsNow.com Organization: Soligen, Incorporated X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-E-KIT (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Amancio Hasty CC: Ruslan Shevchenko , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Could FreeBSD be a viable platform for large SQL/SAP/etc enterprise applications? References: <199711100637.WAA00667@rah.star-gate.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I sympathize with Ruslan's problem. I was in Kharkov, Ukraine last summer and couldn't find much support for anything, let alone high powered computing. If they can't keep the walls standing, they can't keep the computers dry ;) I've since found a few relay servers, but most everybody's still squirting UUCP. However, I would suggest, Ruslan, that FreeBSD and PostgreSQL source code availability and these wonderful mailing lists will give you much better developmental support than you will ever get from Oracle or Sybase or SCO or M$. I know that between these lists and the codebase I can get better answers in less time than it takes to get through the telephone hold time on a support line, and for you, e-mailing lists are thes ONLY viable support mechanism. My recommendation: stick with people who will support you from personal pride and altruistic professionalism, of which the FreeBSD crew is a prime example. Of course, you might also get a few flames along the way... :))) they're fun! -- oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * o ___ _________ _________ ________ _________ _________ ___==_ V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde [don@PartsNow.com] [http://www.PartsNow.com ] /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo--ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-oo--oo