From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 20:18:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9E116A417 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:18:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from mail1.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail1.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D16313C465 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:18:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: (qmail 8356 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2007 20:18:53 -0000 Received: from april.chuckr.org (chuckr@[66.92.151.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail1.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 31 Dec 2007 20:18:53 -0000 Message-ID: <47794DDC.6070504@chuckr.org> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:15:24 -0500 From: Chuck Robey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DAve References: <10f7864f0712311010x2497409ava350991ccebf3ae2@mail.gmail.com> <47793C07.30803@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <47793C07.30803@pixelhammer.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: corporate backers of freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:18:54 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 DAve wrote: Front posting here, because I don't want anyone replyihng to this one. My aim is to inform that this has been directed to an incorrect list for what sounds to me like FreeBSD boosterism. The correct list for that sort of subject is FreeBSD-chat, as I've redirected this. Please, when you read this, if you reply to the other posts, redirect them also to FreeBSD-chat, not -questions, that'd be abuse. Now, back to boosterism: > Gary Smithe wrote: >> Good Day All and Happy New Year, >> >> I'm not looking to incite anyone, but here comes a BSD vs Linux >> question. Yes, I tried searching the archives and found nothing. >> >> I used FreeBSD back in 2000 for a few firewalls, but due to certain >> influences I switched to Linux after a couple of years. >> >> I'm interested in getting back to the BSD's but have just one big concern. >> >> As most users Unix and it's clones, I prefer the "free as in beer" >> licensing model, but want to know that someone else is paying the big >> bills. >> >> In short, here's my question: >> >> Canonical, RedHat, IBM, Novell, and a slew of others are funding / >> supporting Linux development and pushing some of that development into >> the free community, so that all can benefit from full-time developers >> and the money that supports them. >> >> I've seen where Cisco and Juniper are using FreeBSD, and assuming >> there are other big names, do they directly fund or contribute to the >> community? >> >> I guess my big concern is that I'd like for development to continue, >> with new features and hardware being supported. The best way for this >> to happen, IMHO, is for the developers to have full time jobs >> essentially devoted to FreeBSD and that some, if not most of that work >> is then sent back to the community. >> >> I'm not saying that I should contribute nothing, as I have contributed >> cash via CD's, T-Shirts, and other venues, but that doesn't provide >> nearly the revenue that a good corporate backer can. >> >> And just to throw more gasoline on the fire, I'll also assume that the >> BSD's are going strong and that there are no concerns of them suddenly >> disappearing if I make the change over. >> > > Can't answer the rest of your questions but I can say we are a large > Midwest ISP and we use the best tool for the job. Sometimes it is Server > 2003 (Windows media streaming), sometimes it is Linux (ISCSI initiator), > sometimes it is NetBSD (old Sparc boxes), more often than anything else > it has been FreeBSD (mail, web, SQL, ftp, QT Streaming). > > There has never been any concern with using FreeBSD as a production OS > either towards it's stability, ability, or it's future. If FreeBSD > suites your needs, by all means switch over. > > DAve > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHeU3cz62J6PPcoOkRAidZAKCINh1m6GD7ljthaLk13yX5UbqUBQCeM0IB 66ye2OoE08B32mBQPKRxTYw= =kukZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----