Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:34:32 -0700 From: Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry Message-ID: <3351CFF1.18E6@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> References: <3.0.32.19970413214534.00b3b9e0@etinc.com>
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dennis wrote: < > >Wrong, buy the expensive one until you don't distinguish which is the > >cheap and which is the fine one. That is called "style". > > > > YOU dont understand marketing. You make something *expensive* by > adding value. Companies that have cheap products (ie some of my I'm gonna tell you how I bought lately (without my money:-)). A govermental institution needed a Web site. I was asked what should be bought with 30K bucks (they wanted a SUN), I knew what they needed could be covered by a PC running FreeBSD, but my suggestions was a SGI. Considering I'll not administrate that box permanently, there was the risk that someone would replace the BSD box with Windows NT. This way everyone is happy with "the bottle of fine wine", and when I need the real job done I can uninstall a W95 box and install a FreeBSD box there. If it were MY money I would probably install many FreeBSD boxes and one sole Linux box. Forget it FreeBSD is not full of junk. It's an excellent networking solution (faster than an AIX4.1 we bought) and it runs most Linux and SCO apps faster than the native environments. I don't know what your requirements or standards are, but for me FreeBSD RULES! --Pedro. > competitors) do so because they can't or dont know how to add > value. "dumping" products into the free market is a last resort, when > you fail to compete in the value-added market. If this is what you are > hoping for then you are resigned to mediocrity. The purpose of > attracting commercial vendor SHOULD be to get quality products... > not junk. FreeBSD is loaded with junk already. You should want > supported products...not basic drivers supported by some guy in > the urals who has a 50 hr a week commitment elsewhere and fixes > stuff only when his wife and kids are at grandmas. > > *Dennis covers his head* > > db
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