On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 19:18 -0600, Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > > If I can remember correctly, I have received help from both of you on > > some of my previous posts. I thank you and I always enjoy reading your > > view points. > > (speaking on behalf of Jerry as well as myself, and making some wild > assumptions about Jerry based on his previous posts) Always glad to > help. That's kind of what we are here for. > > > We have all run into a problem with a printer, NIC, scanner that is "not > > supported" by FreeBSD because the vendor will not release the drivers or > > code needed to build a driver. > > Actually, I haven't. I know some people that have, but generally > between using the hardware list and buying hardware that isn't > obscure, I have no problems with support for hardware. The FreeBSD > team goes way beyond my expectations again and again.
Agreed, but have you never inherited control over a system with hardware you did not purchase? > > > The vendor could care less if our mascot is a daemon or Mount Fujiyama. > > The vendor looks at the bottom line. How much engineer/programmer time > > will it take and can I recover the investment. The vendor looks at the > > number of installed systems and the competition for his product and > > makes a _business_ decision. > > Seems about right. That is how capitalism functions.. > > > Anthony's point, and I agree, is that everything will grow when our OS > > is taken for its strengths. It is difficult to get to the point of our > > strengths when the Suits see a representation of what they perceive as; > > childish or anti-christ or cartoonish whether justified or not. First > > impressions are important. > > Might be true, though fBSD has come as far as it has without the aid > of these Suits in question. It's certainly not about to stop growth > without them. Growth is a natural thing. If we have 2% of the market and we grow 5% but the market grows 20%, we loose share. Vendors look at the market. We need to capture a larger share to make them sit up and take notice. > But I don't disagree that having more support from > people that matter would be nice. > > > P.S. I like beastie... but I like the OS much better! > > Same here. Though beastie is pretty seksii. > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
