From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 11:38:11 2005 Return-Path: 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 0499F16A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:38:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lorna.circlesquared.com (host217-45-219-85.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.45.219.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D01643D48 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:38:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Received: from localhost.circlesquared.com (localhost.circlesquared.com [127.0.0.1])j22Bd8aJ004571 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:39:10 GMT (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) From: Peter Risdon To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <1663582286.20050302060850@wanadoo.fr> References: <1708719317.20050301124209@wanadoo.fr> <1663582286.20050302060850@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:39:08 +0000 Message-Id: <1109763548.756.48.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Installation instructions for Firefox somewhere? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:38:11 -0000 On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 06:08 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > > > The AIC7880 stuff is in the "good" category of stuff from Adaptec, > > not the "junk" category. > > Well, that's nice to hear. I guess my $9000 wasn't entirely wasted. > > > The people that can answer questions don't always respond. > > Remember what I said about problems with FreeBSD support for > mission-critical and large-scale deployments? This is a voluntary mailing list. If you want FreeBSD support, pay for it - a number of companies provide it. There's no difference here between operating systems: there are volunteer forums for BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows. And then there's paid support. Businesses that want support for their operating systems (who don't support their IT deployments internally), buy that support. That's how a lot of the contributors here make a living. But this list is NOT paid support. > [...] > > > Also one other thing that is important - if you don't get an answer > > within a week or so, ask again, politely. > > How do I ask after the second post with no reply? On bended knee? > Nobody here has any obligation to give you the time of day, let alone help. Taking the line that other subscribers here somehow owe you a living will alienate some of the people who might otherwise help you. Of course, you're can do that if you want. Peter.