From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 4 13:49:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA05720 for current-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:49:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA05714 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr02.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA28922; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 08:16:59 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr02.primenet.com(206.165.6.202) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd028896; Thu Dec 4 08:16:55 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA00918; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:48:54 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199712042148.OAA00918@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? To: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 21:48:54 +0000 (GMT) Cc: toasty@home.dragondata.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3488b7a0.46519003@mail.cetlink.net> from "John Kelly" at Dec 4, 97 02:15:12 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Why is it a shame to lose users who don't pay anything for the > software in the first place? Because of the economics of porting decisions made by commercial software companies, for one. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.