Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 08:47:40 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP ProLiant DL360G3 rebuttal... ;-) Message-ID: <20030508064740.GA96609@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030507175104.A47906@hub.freebsd.org> References: <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10440E4F6@cceexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net> <20030507175104.A47906@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 05:51:05PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 08:31:17PM -0500, Cagle, John (ISS-Houston) wrote: > > FreeBSD is not currently an officially supported operating system, but > ... > > To provide official "tier-one" support (drivers for advanced features, > > management agents, deployment software, regression testing, customer > > support, services, etc.) would be very costly, and, at this time, the > > FreeBSD market share numbers don't support that level of investment. > > This is open source -- you provide the docs we supply the drivers. Or is > the cost of the packets carring the PDF files too expensive? Don't be nasty, I know from experience (when getting the SmartArray docs out of HOU) how much fun it can be to get specs out of CPQ^WHP. That worked only because I knew who to contact to get a foot between the door. The tendency to plaster NDA/Company Confidential on next to everything is an unfortunate development, but by no means exclusive to HP. All major companies are suffering from it to a certain extent. Having said all that: it would sure be nice to get specs ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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