Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:55:02 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thanks guys Message-ID: <20021113195502.GB3643@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <3DD23C60.9070706@401.cx> References: <20021113055636.76357.qmail@web21305.mail.yahoo.com> <1037168694.263.3.camel@asa.gascom.net.ru> <000e01c28af3$35060c30$1baccecd@donatev49iknkl> <3DD23C60.9070706@401.cx>
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:49:52PM +0100, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Grant Cooper wrote: > >I've been doing some background reading and correct me if I'm wrong. But I > >came across of at least 30 active different open source and commercial Unix > >flavors (and I'm sure that's a drop in the bucket)? > > > >And my last comment is about the commercial Unix flavors. If they cost so > >much - are they more bug free, better support, more people working on it. > >$12, 000 for a licence is alot of money. > > Basically, what you are paying for is having a big company > backing up the product and guarantee you that it will work. I Wrong. Have you read any of the license agreements normally accompanying commercial software? The big companies generally don't guarantee a bloody thing about the software, least of all that it will work correctly. > would not say that they are bugfree, but if you find a bug, you > can call your vendor and demand that they fix it. If you run a Just because you demand it doesn't mean they will even acknowledge that the bug exists, let alone fix it. > free OS, you cant make any kind of demands. Most bugs are fixed You can make demands on open source programmers too. It won't do you any good, but you can do it. > just as fast or even faster in the free OS's out there, but if > they are not, you cant make them fix it. You can't make the big companies fix their software either. For proof of this consider Microsoft and all the viruses targeting Outlook Express. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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