From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 30 06:57:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BCD916A4CE for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:57:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sv07e.atm-tzs.kmjeuro.com (sv07e.atm-tzs.kmjeuro.com [193.81.94.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FCF343D1D for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:57:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from k.joch@kmjeuro.com) Received: from [192.168.2.30] (adsl.sbg.kmjeuro.com [62.99.198.46]) (authenticated bits=0)i5U6ufav069134 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:56:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from k.joch@kmjeuro.com) Message-ID: <40E26423.9090707@kmjeuro.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:56:35 +0200 From: "Karl M. Joch" Organization: KMJ Consulting User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 (Windows/20040616) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@freebsd.org References: <20040626231221.GA11573@dragon.nuxi.com> <3949.1088292437@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040626.181218.21873777.imp@bsdimp.com> <20040626.182023.07659343.imp@bsdimp.com> <40DE7BD0.8080304@ctseuro.com> <20040629090742.GE74930@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> In-Reply-To: <20040629090742.GE74930@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CTS-SV07-Mailserver-Information: please visit www.ctseuro.com for further instructions. Protected by www.ctseuro.com X-CTS-SV07-Mailserver: Found to be clean X-CTS-SV07-Mailserver-From: k.joch@kmjeuro.com Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:57:34 -0000 > Hi Karl, > > Karl M. Joch wrote on Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:48:32AM +0200: > [..] > >>have to trash the stallion card they buyed because it was in the >>hardware compatibility list. most was mad, because they have invested >>the hardware after changing their systems from SCO to FreeBSD (we >>replaced a lot of them). Now I have to tell them "Great, you trashed the >>cards (not alot of them have), but you have to stay at 4.x because the >>software (ERP/Financial/Billing) we moved from SCO to FreeBSD with IBCS >>Emulation doesnt work on 5.x". >> >>No, I am not able to maintain the moduls because i am not a good enough >>programmer. If that would be the case i would have adapted the stallion >>stl driver. > > [..] > > Hmmm, > > this sounds like you are selling a product based on FreeBSD, > which is fine and fair. However, since now you are relying on > a feature which suffers from neglect, and you have already > thought about contributing yourself, have you thought about > offering some financial support to anyone who may be willing > to support it? > > PHK's project appears to be a success, so maybe you could > motivate someone with some financial contribution to > freshen up the code and at least put it in a port-maintainable > state? Just a suggestion. > > Best regards, > Daniel Hello, no, we are not selling a product and we dont sell hardware too. we only build solutions for customers, means setting up servers, networks, vpnīs aso. yes, we choose freebsd for nearly all of our installations because i am very happy with it. regarding the payment, i already asked i someone is willing to make the stallion stl driver work for money and how much there would be to pay. i havnt got any feedback. when paying money for a job i at least have to know the needed time, price and the time i get the driver. donating is for sure fine and maybe helps freebsd in some parts to move faster, but if customers pays then they want to have some kind of warranty about the timeline they get the finished stuff. Karl