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OpenBSD Clashes with Adaptec In Quest for Docs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-support-you-note-they-note dept.

TrumpetPower! writes "OpenBSD developers have been asking for documentation from Adaptec for over four months. Adaptec's response has been to deliberately misunderstand what is being asked of them. A former Adaptec employee admits that the hardware is buggy and tricky to get right. So, as a result, OpenBSD 3.7 will ship without Adaptec RAID support. Personally, I'm glad that Theo isn't resting on his laurels."

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  1. obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    In soviet russia the old OpenBSD kills the dead Adaptec

  2. Re:There's an old saying by CdBee · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ironically, you've misspelt Napoleon

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  3. OpenBSD confirms it... by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 5, Funny

    OpenBSD confirms it... Adaptec is dying!

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  4. Re:There's an old saying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ironically you've misunderstood irony...

  5. Re:Tried e-mailing the guy.... by cgenman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, you see, they had been trying to switch over to BSD, they they had this driver problem...

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  6. Re:just buy a mac :-) by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 3, Funny

    oh, right. support Apple. champions of open source ...

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  7. just guessing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you use..... windows ?

  8. Re:There's an old saying by binand · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is a follwup as well: "Never ascribe to incompetence that which is adequately explained by Microsoft Funding" - Anonymous.

  9. Re:interesting if not down right funny thread: by robw810 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Sure, there's a "free" driver, and a non-free management interface, so it's only half a driver. Pretending to have a production system using a raid card that with no supportable management interface so you have to reboot to fix anything is like buying birth control pills in packs of 20. Pretty soon you're going to take a good fucking on a day you really can't afford it. Period.

    Didn't he mean "NO Period?"

    RW