Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:59:25 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, Daniel Hagan <dhagan@cs.vt.edu>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD offerings by Gateway 2000 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990424155618.2095P-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904241334200.21763-100000@thneed.ubergeeks.com>
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On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Adrian Filipi-Martin wrote: > On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 02:13:11AM -0400, Adrian Filipi-Martin wrote: > > > FYI, about 5 feet from where I'm typing this, is a genuine > > > Gateway 486/66E that was subsequently upgraded to a 100MHz > > > processor. This box has been a dedicated FreeBSD box for > > > most of the 7 years since I bought it from Gateway. Even > > > at such a tremendous age in high-tech years, it still makes > > > a great ISDN router, mailserver, webserver, ftpserver, NFS > > > fileserver, IMAP and a few other services. You could say > > > I'm a satisfied customer who is interested in new the > > > options. A new mid range server would be a nice replacement > > > for this old box. Then again, if it ain't broke, why mess > > > with it. > > > > Just to play Daemon's Advocate for a second -- is this a good thing to > > point out? Is the hardware vendor not going to think "Er, hang on, > > they're not going to want to upgrade their kit every year from me if > > I support this OS. But if I support Win* then they're going to be > > upgrading every year. . ."? > > Hey, aren't we all daemon's advocates?... I guess you're the > Devil's advocate as well. ;-) > > You view is one take on it. My point was more that I bought a > quality system and it's lasted. I'm happy with the reliability. This was > before the margins got so low that it became hard to predict what came in > your box. > > The reason the above system is in the corner is because I'm sitting > in front of a dual P-II 450 with 256MB. If Gateway sold preconfigured > boxes like this with FreeBSD installled, I would consider them. I am > particularly interested in having name-brand boxes with support that I can > drop off with consulting clients, and I told them this. > > Note, that I did mention that I upgraded the processor. I didn't > mention that I upgraded the audio, it had none, the RAM, serial I/O > chipsets, the disk and added second AHA-1742 over the years. I didn't want > to get into cataloging. > > In any event in the paragraphs I did not forward to the list I made > it clear that I was interested in what their products in a business context > and not my personal office. Perhaps as a footnote to messages like this you'd append some sort of statement: "Because of the reliability and execellent compatibility of your hardware i've been happy to recommend it to friends and people i consult for all their PC hardware needs." It's the truth ain't it? I recommend Dell and Gateway hardware to friends and people i consult for all the time. :) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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