Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:27:04 -0700 (MST) From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: funding TCP stack rewrite Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10111301012590.7584-100000@measurement-factory.com> In-Reply-To: <20011130103652.Z75389@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 09:01:21AM -0600, mark tinguely wrote: > > Too bad there are not companies throwing money around to fund a good > > rewrite...of course there is some competative advatange to do so only > > for themselves. > > Anyone want to fund a network hacker to do all of these? Seriously? :-( What kind of sum of money are we talking about here? Can you estimate what hacker/month effort is required? Would it make sense to setup a [paypal] fund of some kind, hosted on freebsd.org to raise the required sum? That way small companies and even individuals can contribute even if the total is more than they can afford... Is there a guru with enough unallocated time to concentrate on the rewrite? Will the dedicated work of the said guru get a high priority as far as review and commit steps are concerned? A public semi-formal commitment or encouragement from FreeBSD core group may be in order to raise support from the community. Otherwise, folks may worry that these big changes, once implemented, will get stuck in the commit queue forever. Thanks, Alex. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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