Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ?

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Jul 30, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Born, Clinton wrote:

> Please explain? Because I like people to have an objective view  
> when it
> comes to making technology decisions. We've made bad technology work,
> and I've seen free software cost more than the most expensive  
> Microsoft
> license. Too many variables are involved and anyone evangelizing a
> single system should be viewed with skepticism..  Is this what you  
> mean
> buy out of touch?

The comparison to Hezbollah.  There is not one item to compare  
between "tech fanatics" and Hezbollah -- only contrast.

I personally am not an Open Source (O.S.) weenie, and some folks are  
O.S. fanatics etc (usually you find these in the Linux fan-boy club  
but they probably exist everywhere) but I have yet to see a MS  
solution that was the best solution to a given problem.   Not that  
they don't exist, but the negatives of being trapped in a MS  
proprietary hell forever far outweigh any advantages over the long  
haul.  I have personally seen to m any businesses who get trapped and  
cannot get out because of the proprietary nature of the data storage  
(file formats, etc), even when they want to.  YMMV.

Chad

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [mailto:chad at shire.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:01 PM
> To: Born, Clinton
> Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt; FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ?
>
>
> On Jul 30, 2006, at 11:01 PM, Born, Clinton wrote:
>
>> Dude, I'm not a MS lackey. I just don't trust tech fanatics. They
>> are on
>> par with Hezbollah.
>
> You really are out of touch, aren't you.
>
> Chad
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ted Mittelstaedt [mailto:tedm at toybox.placo.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:42 PM
>> To: Born, Clinton; Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
>> Cc: FreeBSD Questions
>> Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Born, Clinton" <Clinton.Born at dig.com>
>> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com>; "Born, Clinton"
>> <Clinton.Born at dig.com>; "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC"  
>> <chad at shire.net>
>> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:39 AM
>> Subject: RE: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ?
>>
>>
>>> Yawn.... You are exactly what I'm talking about.
>>>
>>
>> Oh, a person who writes a god damn book about integrating both MS
>> solutions
>> and
>> FreeBSD?  See http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/
>>
>> You just proved to the world your talking out your ass.
>>
>> Ted
>>
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