From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jan 1 17:31:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA07061 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:31:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA07055 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:31:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id MAA14702; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:01:11 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701020131.MAA14702@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD into larget corp. environment? In-Reply-To: <199701020126.RAA00307@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Jan 1, 97 05:26:03 pm" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:01:11 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > > If they are a big corporation they can hire a couple of programmers > for the OS support. Is just that people have to get used to the > notion that they can have control over their OS 8) They don't want to do that. Both I and the local enthusiasm agree that it'd be the best way to go, but there's historical and management resistance to the idea. (They're scared of being stuck with an orphan, basically.) The conversation, as reported to me, went something like : E: "Give me 8 hiring forms and I'll make this a supported platform for the entire Asia-Pacific region". M: "Would you put your genitalia on the railway tracks for this?" E: "Yes". ... Unfortunately, courage and confidence aren't enough. 8( > Amancio -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[