From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jun 25 6:34:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25B6837B405 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 06:34:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Rahul.Siddharthan@lpt.ens.fr) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id f5PDYWp42912 ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:34:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id PAA69770 ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:35:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:35:35 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Kevin Lyons , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: winDriver selling fbsd Message-ID: <20010625153535.A69225@lpt.ens.fr> Mail-Followup-To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , Kevin Lyons , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200106250254.VAA26281@corserv.corserv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from des@ofug.org on Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 06:44:06AM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dag-Erling Smorgrav said on Jun 25, 2001 at 06:44:06: > Kevin Lyons writes: > > I just typed in www.bsdi.com since I hadn't been there in a while and ended > > up at windriver.com or wrs.com as its now know. Much to my suprise, > > FreeBSD is not listed in the product listing. Only BSD/OS appears. > > Am I mistaken, or wasn't windriver supposed to now be distributing > > Freebsd since they acquired it from bsdi who merged with walnut creek? > > What's the problem, is www.freebsdmall.com currently offline, or does > your browser just not work properly? There's no link (at least, I couldn't find one) to www.freebsdmall.com from www.bsdi.com (or www.wrs.com). The FreeBSD web page/handbook includes links to other suppliers under "Getting FreeBSD", but not to www.freebsdmall.com. So it's not obvious how someone unaware of freebsdmall is to learn about its existence. I think the comment is quite valid, in any case. Why isn't FreeBSD listed in the main product listing at www.wrs.com, when 83 other products are? > > To add insult to injury, I got an email from windriver apologizing for > > the 'slow' response to freebsd orders blaming their sluggishness on bsdi's > > ordering system. > > How do you know that's not the plain truth? > > > Has anyone checked to see if these clowns are owned by microsoft? > > I wouldn't stoop so low as to call you an idiot in a public forum, but > I'd have a hard time contradicting anyone who did. How to make friends and increase the userbase. Methinks many people are excessively touchy about any WindRiver-related question. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message