RE: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-07 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew P. Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:51 PM To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Ansar Mohammed; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical) On 10/6/05, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does the FreeBSD project offer commercial support? I notice that the FreeBSD mall offers commercial support. It's a fine question, but it's well documented on the Project's web site: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html Kevin Kinsey

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Ansar Mohammed
I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. On 10/6/05, Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does the FreeBSD project offer commercial support? I notice that the FreeBSD mall offers

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, Ansar Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. FreeBSD offers non-commercial support through mailing-lists and doc-project (FAQs and Handbooks) which is probably

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Christian Kuhtz
Yeah, but also the most irrelevant when it comes to supply chain folk. On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Andrew P. wrote: On 10/6/05, Ansar Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Foo JH
FreeBSD offers non-commercial support through mailing-lists and doc-project (FAQs and Handbooks) which is probably the most comprehensive, active and effective support there is. It's a blame game as much as it is a genuine need for commercial help. As much as mailing lists and community

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. Basically FreeBSD support is what you see on the web page. In some sense, you could say that all of FreeBSD- development and support - is by third party sources or

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:10:58PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote: I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. Not commercial support, since FreeBSD isn't a commercial project. Kris pgpOutCgq3qeA.pgp

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:10:58PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote: I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. Not commercial support, since FreeBSD isn't a

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Danny Howard
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:55:58PM -0400, Christian Kuhtz wrote: Yeah, but also the most irrelevant when it comes to supply chain folk. Supply-chain folk? Is that a euphemism for suits? My employer is audited by clients on a regular basis. If you have your internal documentation and

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:55:58PM -0400, Christian Kuhtz wrote: Yeah, but also the most irrelevant when it comes to supply chain folk. Supply-chain folk? Is that a euphemism for suits? Supply Chain Management is a whole field which probably most people from the old days might have