From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 09:23:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C9E816A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:23:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp3.pacifier.net (smtp3.pacifier.net [64.255.237.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 352C443D3F for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:23:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from charles@coppersoftware.com) Received: from COPPERMAWXP (ip168.gte250.dsl-acs2.sea.iinet.com [209.20.250.168]) by smtp3.pacifier.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8206DB2A for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:23:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Charles Oppermann" To: Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:23:35 -0800 Organization: Copper Software MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <20040330104228.GA27671@cimbali.dssrg.curtin.edu.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2096 Thread-Index: AcQWQ8qL7keJ39QbSAqkwUFQZqXItwALvu4Q Message-Id: <20040330172349.6B8206DB2A@smtp3.pacifier.net> Subject: RE: Advocacy on ZDNet X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:23:50 -0000 >> Anyone care to comment on this at www.zdnet.com.au To anonymous FreeBSD user. Due to its licence, FreeBSD cannot become an enterprise platform from the vendor's perspective. They all fear heavy proprietisation and forking of any non-GPL codebase. << The argument could be turned around and said that some companies fear GPL-based software due to concerns over intellectual property rights. Plus, anyone who cannot spell license shouldn't be commenting about it. Just kidding. >> The only OS that can fly to where the Open Source world wants it to fly is Linux, FreeBSD is now 5+ years behind in terms of enterprise readiness. Please keep up with the times and avoid this whole OS pissing contest thing. << ...he said while whizzing away at the urinal. I usually ignore anything written in the reader forums. They are at the same quality level as callers to talk radio shows. That's not to said some points are valid and some posters/callers are credible; most aren't however. Let's face it; Ziff-Davis isn't exactly the place for objective coverage. They shrill for Linux at every opportunity. Just reading the article about SCO says it all. Never does the author even consider that SCO's claims might be valid. They may, they may not be, but I don't know and sure as heck some ZD writer doesn't know. Charles Oppermann http://weblogs.asp.net/chuckop/ PS: This is my first posting to the FreeBSD mailing lists.