Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:15:10 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: terry@lambert.org, mcgovern@spoon.beta.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The continuting email... Message-ID: <199701311715.KAA02956@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701310704.RAA07585@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jan 31, 97 05:34:45 pm
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> > I want to add a note here: the place he will probably put his energies > > is Linux, which has a well documented DDI/DKI. The assumption here is > > that he is the pet device driver writer for a given hardware vendor, > > not a FreeBSD fanatic who has decided to dive into writing devices. > > You should perhaps read these threads before delivering your > pronouncements; the net result would be less cream in your whiskers. > > (Brian has already indicated his plans, and I think he'd take offense at > being called a 'pet' 8) Whether you call it "pet" or "employee", you are talking the same net effect: he will have a small amount of discretionary time, if any, and any project undertaken for a free UNIX clone on his bosses say-so will be done in the context of a cost/benefit analysis, and not because he likes FreeBSD. I understand where you are coming from, but playing the hardline is only a valid strategy when you and the person you are playing with are operating from the same philosophical basis. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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