Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 01:56:18 +1100 From: "Gavin Cameron" <gavin@itworks.com.au> To: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Subject: Re: Getting IBM to release software for IBM Message-ID: <036301c0aef2$6d0ad900$6401a8c0@itworks.com.au> References: <012301c0ae81$c390e100$6401a8c0@itworks.com.au> <v04220814b6d91aa2c22f@[194.78.241.123]>
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> > > IBM already use FreeBSD in their InterJet appliance so full support of > > FreeBSD would be a logical progression. > > That's only because they bought the company lock, stock, and barrel. > > I'm told that certain IBM Netfinity servers running FreeBSD can > replace Sun machines costing hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not > millions of dollars) more, at least in certain applications. But do > you honestly think that this is going to be enough to convince them > to divert money away from Linux support? I don't think so. > If we ask, the worst they can say is no. If enough people ask then you never know what they'll do. Cheers Gavin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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