From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 10 18:35:27 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA13903 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 18:35:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA13895 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 18:35:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.v-site.net (localhost.v-site.net [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA00735; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 18:33:40 -0800 Message-Id: <199512110233.SAA00735@rah.star-gate.com> X-Authentication-Warning: rah.star-gate.com: Host localhost.v-site.net didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: John Dyson cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), dennis@etinc.com, julian@freefall.freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD support inc. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 10 Dec 1995 18:05:53 PST." <199512110205.SAA12428@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 18:33:23 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>> John Dyson said: > I would hate to convert my hobby into something like work :-(. When > I took the SVR4 support/development I thought that I would be like a > kid in a candy store. It ended up that the kid ate too much candy... > Hmmm... Where is the candy ? BTW: We do need professional support for some of the things that people don't feel like doing. At any rate, Julian I think is a good idea. We can consider the FreeBSD distribution as an OEM kit which may need tuning or support for large organizations. In fact, this may be one of the ways to spread out FreeBSD by eliminating the fear of support. Regards, Amancio