From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 7 17:14:56 2005 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 20CBB16A41F for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:14:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EABD43D48 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:14:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id j97HHHb95820; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:17:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Andrew P." , "Kris Kennaway" Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:14:44 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Cc: Ansar Mohammed , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD Support (Commerical) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:14:56 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Andrew P. >Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:51 PM >To: Kris Kennaway >Cc: Ansar Mohammed; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical) > > >On 10/6/05, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:10:58PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote: >> > I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support >that is offered >> > by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. >> >> Not commercial support, since FreeBSD isn't a commercial project. >> >> Kris >> >> >> > >I'm sorry, but all effective legislative systems (including >that of the USA) allow officially non-profit and non- >commercial organizations to take on commercial >activities. And many such organizations exercise this >right. > >IMHO, there's no official commercial support, because >money can hardly buy more than what's already >available for free. This is frankly rediculous. The question of whether the Project offers commercial support depends highly on your definition of The FreeBSD Project The "official" FreeBSD Project membership is comprised of a great many individuals. A lot of those individuals work at companies that sell FreeBSD consultative support. I think therefore the question of whether the Project offers support or not is moot. Yes, it does from an individual level. Ted