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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:41:30 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Does 4.9-RELEASE work with 3Ware RAID card?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311191932360.29547-100000@pancho>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119175153.04469f90@localhost>

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Brett Glass wrote:

> So, I'd have to be the guinea pig, eh?
> 
> I'm not sure I can afford to do that.

Well, I mean ... this seems to be a common thread in some of
your past postings to the list.

In your shoes, honestly, what I would do is hire someone from
our consultants list and pay them for a support contract.
IMHO that's the only way you're going to be able to rely on
getting authoritative responses in a fixed time-period, i.e.
quickly enough for you to be able to make your necessary business
decisions.  Asking for volunteer labor to do QA and regression
testing on a fixed schedule, when you're not in the position
to do those tasks themselves, is merely going to frustrate everyone,
including yourself, in the long run.

I mean, I'd really like to see it proven possible to make supporting
FreeBSD a valid business model, just like it is for many other
operating systems, for my own personal reasons if nothing else :-)

mcl



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