Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 01:08:04 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <groggy@iname.com> To: Rick Siple <RickSiple@mpainc.com> Cc: "'groggy@iname.com'" <groggy@iname.com>, "Questions Mailing List (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD commercial pages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981004005745.442E-100000@abc.xyz.net> In-Reply-To: <50D018439050D211AFB1006008CEB82D0615C2@EXCHANGESERVER>
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Rick Siple wrote: i may be wrong, but i think that he FreeBSD developers (w/@freebsd.org in their name) are very busy trying to craft and perfect the best OS in the world. i would guess that they do it out of a passion unrelated to the commercial sector, otherwise they could make more money doing other things with their time. i would guess that they do their work as an artist does his. an true artist paints (or whatever) to express his idea of perfection or reality, ie, he does not do it to gain the praise of others. however, i would guess, that the Vendor page is done for the service of FreeBSD users, not because of the importance of any "endorsement". FreeBSD is developed and supported by the users of the system, and that means there is a shared sense of responsibility. if you would like to see Firehunter on the vendor page, why not call (or email) HP for yourself and the benefit of other users (if it is a great product) and help contribute to the development of the best OS in the world? ;) > Sorry, didn't make my position clear. I did not do that because > I am not a "vendor that supports a FreeBSD compatible product". I do > not work for Hewlett-Packard nor do I use their Firehunter product as I > am not an ISP. I did not want to be confused as an any kind of official > representative for Hewlett-Packard. But maybe I'm splitting hairs. > What I wanted to find out was if someone directly associated > with the FreeBSD project (for instance the maintainer of the vendor > pages) wanted to contact HP for a statement themselves. Support from > Hewlett-Packard, a major commercial vendor, seemed like a big deal and > it seemed appropriate that such a query come from someone with > '@freebsd.org' in their email address. > But, on the other hand I can put a paragraph or so together from > the info on HP's web pages for Firehunter, if that the way it should be > done. I just want to make sure the Hewlett-Packard's name gets on the > vendors page really. > > > To whom do I address issues dealing with the commercial vendors > > > pages? Specifically, whom do I contact if I find something I think > > > needs to be added? > > > > right off the FreeBSD home page (click Vendors): > > > > "If you are a company that supports a FreeBSD compatible > > product and wish to be added to this page, please send > > email to www@FreeBSD.org and let us know!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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