I can't say anything aboutthe buisness dealings of *BSD. All I can say is that they make a fantastic product. OpenBSD is unbeatable as a server platform. The effort that Theo and the crew put into making it secure, reliable, stable, and easy to use say it all. It's just like apple has been saying forever "Apple, Proudly going out of buisness for 20 years" Just like Apple, *BSD may not be the most popular, user friendly, make the most money, or whatever, but it has a tried and true loyalty that won't go away. Even if the buisness end went under, the development would continue by said loyal users. (please no apple flames, it was just an analogy)
I have worked at several places that require me to do after hours 24x7 support. Most gave some sort of compensation, be it % of salary, hourly rate, currently I work network and unix security and this obvoiusly requires 24x7 support. I split it with another 2 co-workers, and for compensation we usually get comp time. Money is good, but what use is it if you don't have time to spend it? We take a 1:1 for every minute. I have taken comp time and let it build up and used it as a week's vacation, not even touching my vacation time. Comp time is very nice.
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I can't say anything aboutthe buisness dealings of *BSD. All I can say is that they make a fantastic product. OpenBSD is unbeatable as a server platform. The effort that Theo and the crew put into making it secure, reliable, stable, and easy to use say it all. It's just like apple has been saying forever "Apple, Proudly going out of buisness for 20 years" Just like Apple, *BSD may not be the most popular, user friendly, make the most money, or whatever, but it has a tried and true loyalty that won't go away. Even if the buisness end went under, the development would continue by said loyal users. (please no apple flames, it was just an analogy)
I have worked at several places that require me to do after hours 24x7 support. Most gave some sort of compensation, be it % of salary, hourly rate, currently I work network and unix security and this obvoiusly requires 24x7 support. I split it with another 2 co-workers, and for compensation we usually get comp time. Money is good, but what use is it if you don't have time to spend it? We take a 1:1 for every minute. I have taken comp time and let it build up and used it as a week's vacation, not even touching my vacation time. Comp time is very nice.