Things that makes me nuts. I have heard before about EV1 saying foolishes about FreeBSD, specially a big stupid stuff regarding PHP on FreeBSD, now it just happened to me. I asked to install the system with FreeBSD 6 instead of their default 5.4. And what I got as a response? "if your server is re-imaged with 6.0 vs the 5.4 version currently installed we will not be able to support this. We have found that the versions after 5.4 are inherantly unstable. Please let us know what course of action you would like to take." I could not believe it. It is not a question. I just had to shout about it. I plan to switch from EV1 to PAIR or NYI if they don't reply to me with an acceptable response. I'll have a meeting with my directors about it later this aftertoon. It made me sick. -- ==========Eduardo Meyer pessoal: dudu.meyer@gmail.com profissional: ddm.farmaciap@saude.gov.br
Eduardo Meyer wrote:> "if your server is re-imaged with 6.0 vs the 5.4 version currently > installed we will not be able to support this. We have found that the > versions after 5.4 are inherantly unstable. Please let us know what > course of action you would like to take."EV1Servers has never been a major supporter of FreeBSD -- back when they were RackShack, it took a petition of several hundred people before they started offering FreeBSD at all. I wonder if they'll start offering more recent FreeBSD releases next month after FreeBSD 5.4 becomes unsupported... Colin Percival
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:21:33PM -0300, Eduardo Meyer wrote:> "if your server is re-imaged with 6.0 vs the 5.4 version currently > installed we will not be able to support this. We have found that the > versions after 5.4 are inherantly unstable. Please let us know what > course of action you would like to take." > > I could not believe it.Well, these are the same guys that bought a license from SCO for SCO's alleged "IP" in Linux (and alledgedly in *BSD, before the settlement in USL vs BSDi was made public). Apparently after a large bribe^H^H^H^H^Hdiscount from Microsoft. Definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer, IMHO. But maybe I'm being too harsh. What they're effectively saying is "we don't value your business". The only correct answer is, "fine, I'll take it elsewhere". Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20061002/14d55aa1/attachment.pgp
On 10/3/06, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg <listsub@401.cx> wrote:> > Scott I. Remick wrote: > > Eduardo Meyer wrote: > >> > >> I have been pointed in private mail to http://www.fdcservers.net/ > >> which seems to treat FreeBSD more seriously too, in case anyone else > >> is/get disapointed by EV1's lack of professionalism regarding FreeBSD. > > > > FDC seems to have a pretty sweet price for a VPS (starting at $19/mo) > > but I see no mention of FreeBSD...? > > > > I might consider switching to a VPS if I can find a FreeBSD-based one > > that is priced affordably (I don't make money off my site, so cost > > matters). > > If you want a cheap VPS you could look at www.jvds.com, I believe > they offer FreeBSD VPS's starting at $15. > If you want a true dedicated server I recommend www.layeredtech.com, > very cheap, stable and friendly staff. > > I'm not affiliated in any way with any of the above mentioned > companies. In the first case I only know them by reputation, in the > second, I'm a satisfied customer. > > -- > R > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >I was also told that http://www.serverpronto.com/ is freebsd friendly and extremely cheap. -- Alexandre Vieira - nullpt@gmail.com