Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 18:47:36 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: dyson@freebsd.org, terry@lambert.org, scrappy@hub.org, pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry Message-ID: <199704122347.SAA00725@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970412184754.00b32100@etinc.com> from dennis at "Apr 12, 97 06:47:57 pm"
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> > >Those who are making money with FreeBSD/Linux/whatever at least have the > >power to get those things done. The developers of FreeBSD donate their > >time, others who make use of it are welcome to improve FreeBSD by donating > >other things :-). > > Thats fine, but then you should resign yourselves to having a cult OS and > not whimper > about "commercial registries", as if thats going to make a difference. > The whimpering that has been happening hasn't been from me. I am saying that if someone wants something, begging won't fix the problem. The tools exist to fix the problem, and all it takes is deciding to do the things to make things happen. One can contribute money, one can contribute time, or maybe even both in order to get the results that one wants. Many of the things that I do have been supported by commercial need. Directly or indirectly there is often compensation for my time (like there is for others.) When I am not doing something for hire, I work on various parts of the infrastructure that need to be worked on. Others often do that also. So, my suggestion is that if a change from the current course is wanted, and no-one is willing to donate the time for free, those that want the change can do it, or fund (or otherwise enable) the change. John
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