From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 16:34:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06CE106564A for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD1618FC16 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:34:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghy10 with SMTP id 10so240821ghy.13 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:34:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=m4W229OdFfaeCrhkp/Ha6zy+bkSy9y7UUgn1jitMv7Y=; b=aLDDiIs1uFc+4jvZ0z4Zb1WStDVBMwib0MUKw3yK60QDEk0MW7nFVUOaqFJFnATyXH pk5l2saPvGOcf+Rd3VDA2hDzedQnOgoS4xJr+tvjiewZ4Ec3BmGjjkHYb8NPpcc9/DIl FEk9OOp1bZvq+yxmjLKF7PYGIcmLWi3heLq58= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.161.135 with SMTP id xs7mr15368934igb.15.1326816328633; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:05:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.207.7 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:05:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.207.7 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:05:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1326756727.23485.10.camel@Arawn> <4F14BAA7.9070707@freebsd.org> <20120117010239.GA29529@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:05:27 +0000 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: Atom Smasher Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:34:16 -0000 On 17 Jan 2012 13:38, "Atom Smasher" wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, richo wrote: > >> This would be a different argument if all the devs were paid a salary. > > ============== > > what percentage of linux devs are on salary to develop linux? > You're not comparing like with like. Linux is not an OS; FreeBSD is. Are you talking about Linux? Debian? Red Hat? Chris