Commercial support (was Server Questions (fwd))

1998-02-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
Nathan E Norman wrote: On 26 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... : However ... my boss wants to have someone we can call for support when : it doesn't work. This person, persons, or company would preferably hav e : some sort of documentation as to who they are and why we ought

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-27 Thread Jaakko Niemi
I'm familiar with the phenomena. I'd happy to take your money, but I suspect that your boss wants to see a glossy brochure that says Debian Support, Inc. on the cover and lists dozens of Fortune 500 customers. It does seem like there is a business opportunity here. A network of

Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
No-one on this list uses Debian as a news server? Nobody's running SMP? There's no interest whatsoever in tech support for Debian? (I know Bruce posted something about it a while ago ...) I'm disappointed. If the folks who are in the know have all unsubscribed from this list and hang

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread David Wright
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: No-one on this list uses Debian as a news server? Nobody's running SMP? There's no interest whatsoever in tech support for Debian? (I know Bruce posted something about it a while ago ...) I'm disappointed. If the folks who are in the know have

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Oliver Elphick
Nathan E Norman wrote: No-one on this list uses Debian as a news server? Nobody's running SMP? There's no interest whatsoever in tech support for Debian? (I know Bruce posted something about it a while ago ...) ... Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 02:14:22 -0600 (CST) From: Nathan E Norman

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, I haven't used SMP. I know it needs the 2.1 kernel series. I believe that you may be incorrect. We have someone running 2.0.33 with SMP enabled since he has 2 Pentium II processors in his system. If you need SMP, you will probably have to recompile the kernel source manually. Do your

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Tim Sailer
Ossama Othman wrote: I believe that you may be incorrect. We have someone running 2.0.33 with SMP enabled since he has 2 Pentium II processors in his system. If you need SMP, you will probably have to recompile the kernel source manually. Do your make {menu,x}config (whichever you use).

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread john
Nathan E Norman writes: Oh, and before I forget ... I heard there is a company providing phone support for Debian Linux. If this is true, who is it? What are the rates? I work for a corporation that is becoming comfortable with the idea of Linux, but wants tech support available. Oliver

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 26 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Nathan E Norman writes: : Oh, and before I forget ... I heard there is a company providing phone : support for Debian Linux. If this is true, who is it? What are the : rates? I work for a corporation that is becoming comfortable with the : idea of

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread john
Nathan Norman writes: The thing is, I doubt we'd ever place a support call. They all say that :) However ... my boss wants to have someone we can call for support when it doesn't work. This person, persons, or company would preferably have some sort of documentation as to who they are and

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 26 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Nathan Norman writes: : The thing is, I doubt we'd ever place a support call. : : They all say that :) Yes, they do :) However, we have BSDI support right now, and I view it as a last resort type thing ... in the past, the questions I've sent to them