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Xref: sserve comp.unix.misc:10557 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5161 comp.unix.bsd:13105 Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!dmsperth.per.dms.CSIRO.AU!uniwa!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!uuspew.uu.net!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!aix3.emba.uvm.edu!wollman From: wollman@aix3.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) Subject: Re: SCO market share Message-ID: <1993Dec17.165008.10730@emba.uvm.edu> Sender: news@emba.uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility References: <2efuku$4vj@rhombus.cs.jhu.edu> <9312142221.aa02201@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk> <2elv4l$7bf@panix.com> <9312160942.aa05228@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 16:50:08 GMT Lines: 32 [NB: deleted X and biz.sco groups...] In article <9312160942.aa05228@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk>, Nigel Whitfield <nigel@stonewall.demon.co.uk> wrote: >When it comes to work, I have to know that there is support there that >is unconditional. It doesn't have to depend on my staff knowing how to >access the net, and the right person reading the right newsgroup at >the appropriate moment. Neither does support for free software. Unlike commercial operating systems, free operating systems come with source code, which allows small organizations access to a competitive market for contract support services, and larger organizations can use their own support staff without requiring an expensive source license. Somewhere I had a listing of people providing contract support for FreeBSD. Unfortunately, it seems to have disappeared. I would note that a good number of the FreeBSD principals are by trade contract programmers, and got involved partly as a way of increasing business. As regards other systems, well, just consider the size and range of the SUPPORT file that comes with GNU Emacs. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@emba.uvm.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. uvm-gen!wollman | It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people UVM disagrees. | who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant