Advanced OS Questions only you can answer... (fwd)

[Marcel Kunath]

Uhm,

I wish they were then their stock wouldn't be in the dumps =)

I was just reading a comment by a guy who tlaked about Caldera's balance sheet
and he pointed out that Caldera was loosing money. What was worse he said was
that the accounting showed they even lost money on the Linux boxed sets they
sold.

I sure hope nobody is selling boxed sets below cost.

>
> How do you think Red Hat makes their money?  Selling support.
> > Sean wrote:
> > It sounds kind of dumb, but I don't think the thought ever crossed my mind
> > about _paying_ for freebsd support. I guess it kind of caught me offguard.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Adam wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Sean wrote:
> > >
> > > >If they are HS level questions, I think he might be an asset *lol*
> > > >
> > > >Who do you _pay_ to call for freebsd support?
> > >
> > > If this question isnt rhetorical, www.bsdi.com offers support via email
> > > and phone and various levels of involvement for one-shot and contract
> > > deals.  Before BSDi merged with Walnut Creek, you could also get support
> > > for FreeBSD from WC.  I cannot comment on how much these services are used

> > > but I know at least some people do, most likely people using FreeBSD for
> > > servers without knowing much of Unix at all.  If their favorite buddy to
> > > ask support from is not around and a customer wants a mail alias added
> > > pronto,  I guess you have someone to call.  The cost of the support can be

> > > less than the money lost due to a lost customer :) People running servers
> > > for clients can also sometimes charge their customers rediculous amounts
> > > for change requests which allows the owner to use commercial support if
> > > needed..
> > >
> >
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