Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-12-01 Thread Bruno S. Delbono
Lars Hansson wrote: On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:37:48 -0500 Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Like HP? Of course, I wouldn't pay for their level of OpenSSH "support". The level of support, or lack thereof, is not issue. It's not really about getting any kind of support at all. It's all

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-30 Thread Lars Hansson
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:37:48 -0500 Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like HP? Of course, I wouldn't pay for their level of OpenSSH "support". The level of support, or lack thereof, is not issue. It's not really about getting any kind of support at all. It's all about (middle) managemen

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-30 Thread Steve Shockley
bofh wrote: Your piddly little company is not a real company, not like Computer Associates or McAfee or Nortons or Microsoft. Now, those are _REAL_ companies. Like HP? Of course, I wouldn't pay for their level of OpenSSH "support".

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-30 Thread bofh
On 11/30/05, Clint M. Sand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Start one that focuses on it. Hell, www.opensshsupport.com is even > available. > > I bet some of these companies already support this in some capacity > http://www.openbsd.org/support.html > > Less complaining, more doing. You don't under

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-30 Thread Clint M. Sand
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 06:12:29PM -0600, Qv6 wrote: > > Has any company ever approached the openssh dev team and offered to buy > a support contract from them? Did they refuse? > > Come to think of it, why doesn't the openssh team sell support contracts > to companies that want it? Or maybe

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Bill
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:19:01 -0800 Sean Comeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 06:10:17PM -0800, pete wright wrote: > > support lisc. for legal issues. If the software goes tit's up and > > costs the company N dollar's it is easier to get that money from a > > commercial enti

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread bofh
On 11/28/05, Paul Pruett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > omg what a load of , > > to funny, any coporation stupid enough to fall for that story > by ssh to buy Tectia ssh and not use openssh deserves to be > taken for plus the security issues they will get. That's because there's a huge

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Sean Comeau
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 06:10:17PM -0800, pete wright wrote: > support lisc. for legal issues. If the software goes tit's up and > costs the company N dollar's it is easier to get that money from a > commercial entity whom you have a contract with (or more likely get > money via a insurance broker

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread dick
Original message >Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:56:33 +0100 >From: Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: #define failure opportunity >To: misc@openbsd.org > >The people who they are addressing are bussiness, and they think >in terms of gaining money

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Gustavo Rios
I dont think a separated business growing around that would be a good ideia? I don't really think so. I am not saying this happened to other projects like FreeBSD, but i switched from FreeBSD to OpenBSD exactly because much of what i saw the first time i started with FreeBSD i could not see since t

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Qv6
On Monday 28 November 2005 08:10 pm, pete wright wrote: > On 11/28/05, Qv6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 28 November 2005 04:04 pm, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > > This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. > > > > > > Other people do it for us ;) > > > > > > http://www.

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Will H. Backman
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Spruell, Darren-Perot > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:57 PM > To: 'misc@openbsd.org' > Subject: Re: #define failure opportunity > > From: pete wright [mailto:[EMA

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Spruell, Darren-Perot
From: pete wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Not that I don't think openssh is superior for the fact that it *is* > open software, I bet that the company in question needs software > support lisc. for legal issues. If the software goes tit's up and > costs the company N dollar's it is easier to g

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread pete wright
On 11/28/05, Qv6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 28 November 2005 04:04 pm, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. > > > > Other people do it for us ;) > > > > http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ > > > > And... thanks to those o

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread tony sarendal
> It is very important that we educate people about what the choice > of open source software means. > >From a business perspective I don't see this being very important =) If the competition is willing to give me an edge on them, be my guests. /Tony

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Spruell, Darren-Perot
From: Han Boetes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The people who they are addressing are bussiness, and they think > in terms of gaining money and loosing money. > > Open Source Software is a concept they will not understand easily > since they don't have a concept of interacting with people without >

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Han Boetes
The people who they are addressing are bussiness, and they think in terms of gaining money and loosing money. Open Source Software is a concept they will not understand easily since they don't have a concept of interacting with people without a gain or loss perspective. It is very important that

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Bob Beck
* Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-28 15:38]: > This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. > > Other people do it for us ;) > > http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ Heck, I wanna meet the person who wrote that. It's brilliant spin. It's just delici

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-29 Thread Dennis Davis
>From: Qv6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: #define failure opportunity >Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:35:24 -0600 ... >Intersting news. > >I once worked for a major Telecom firm that used a commercial >implementation of ssh. I was curiou

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Lars Hansson
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:43:34 -0600 Matthew Weigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > > That caused me to raise an eyebrow as well, but I think they refer > > to the protocol of scp(1) itself, not the SSH1/2 protocol of the > > underlying SSH session. The phrasing certai

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Matthew Weigel
Christian Weisgerber wrote: That caused me to raise an eyebrow as well, but I think they refer to the protocol of scp(1) itself, not the SSH1/2 protocol of the underlying SSH session. The phrasing certainly is confusing. I think you mean "misleading." :-) -- Matthew Weigel

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Qv6
On Monday 28 November 2005 04:04 pm, Theo de Raadt wrote: > This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. > > Other people do it for us ;) > > http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ > > And... thanks to those of you who supported us when they were > threatening to sue u

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >"...However, OpenSSH deviates from the standards in its SCP (Secure > Copy Protocol) implementation. > >SSH Tectia Client and Server now incorporate a compatibility mode > for OpenSSH SCP, which still uses > >the old Secure Shell version 1 (SS

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread tony sarendal
On 28/11/05, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. > > Other people do it for us ;) > > http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ > --- The improved compatibility features will be beneficial for enterprises that are in th

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Chris Kuethe
On 28/11/05, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 03:04:45PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. > > > > Other people do it for us ;) > > > > http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ > > > > And... than

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Josh Grosse
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 03:04:45PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: > This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. > > Other people do it for us ;) > > http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ > > And... thanks to those of you who supported us when they were > threatening

Re: #define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Paul Pruett
omg what a load of , to funny, any coporation stupid enough to fall for that story by ssh to buy Tectia ssh and not use openssh deserves to be taken for plus the security issues they will get. - article referenced- http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ smarter companies w

#define failure opportunity

2005-11-28 Thread Theo de Raadt
This is why OpenBSD/OpenSSH does not need to hire a spin doctor. Other people do it for us ;) http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/684/ And... thanks to those of you who supported us when they were threatening to sue us years ago..