Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:37:11 -0400 From: Rick Siple <RickSiple@mpainc.com> To: "'Steve Howe'" <groggy@iname.com> Cc: "Questions Mailing List (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD commercial pages Message-ID: <50D018439050D211AFB1006008CEB82D0615C5@EXCHANGESERVER>
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Done. __________ Rick Siple ricksiple@mpainc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Howe [SMTP:groggy@iname.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 1998 5:08 AM > To: Rick Siple > Cc: 'groggy@iname.com'; Questions Mailing List (E-mail) > Subject: RE: FreeBSD commercial pages > > 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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