At 08:15 PM 10/01/01 +1100, Michael Still wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Dave Fitch wrote:
>
> > If they're suspicious of replacing it/them with linux,
> > you could suggest free/openBSD - it has more of a
> > "serious" image than linux (and is suposedly good at
> > web serving etc, given it's pretty popular with ISPs).
>
>In my experience, the 'free' at the start of FreeBSD is a mojor turnoff
>for management types. Apparently it has connotations of free = dodgy...
This unfortunately very true - offer to give someone a cutting edge OS for
FREE, and they'll wonder what's wrong with it - offer it for sale for $10k,
and they'll insist on evaluating it, then trying to get you to drop the
price....
??
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