From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 26 22:59:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CEC216A4DA for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:59:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B111343D49 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:59:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id m22so812206nzf for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.250.20 with SMTP id c20mr8273332qbs; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:59:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.3? ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id e15sm3913290qba.2006.07.26.15.59.28; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:59:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:59:32 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: <20060726201933.GH5284@jeeves.stilyagin.local> References: <20060726164622.Q17979@ganymede.hub.org> <20060726201933.GH5284@jeeves.stilyagin.local> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060726185018.BB70.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:59:30 -0000 Darrin Chandler wrote: > Do you see that if support in 4.x had been based on open specs from > Adaptec that this issue would not exist? Adaptec is controlling your > ability to use their product, and that's the real problem. It's > consumer-hostile, unless you fit their perfect picture of "consumer." > You don't, so you're left in the cold. I think you are missing the point here. It is 'THEIR PRODUCT'. They can do with it as they wish. If you are unhappy with their product, then don't use it. Most corporation are primarily interested in profits. Nothing wrong with that. I like making money, as I assume you do. Obviously they have weight the cost of producing FSBD compatible products and concluded that it would not be profitable to do so. Unless you could produce enough evidence to show them otherwise, I fear that you are simply beating a dead horse here. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net "The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." Doctor Who