Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

[Matthew Seaman]

prad wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:54:19 +0100 (CET)
> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> 
>> in my practice rejecting part of customers (those who are really
>> "idiots") make sense. you get say 20% less money for 10 times less
>> work.
>>
> exactly!
> proper advocacy on a 'free' (or otherwise) system doesn't mean
> accommodating ridiculous demands. there needs to be a certain level of 
> sincerity on part of the customers.
> 
> only the right customers are always right.
> 

Heh. "The customer is /always/ right, even when they're wrong."  The
difference is that you give the idiot customers exactly what they ask
for, and the good customers what they actually need....

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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