From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 8 05:53:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA15391 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:53:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from border.com (mail.border.com [199.71.190.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA15386 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:52:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by janus.border.com id <20488-1>; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:04:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 08:52:39 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall To: dennis Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI In-Reply-To: <199603072221.RAA04530@etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <96Mar8.090449est.20488-1@janus.border.com> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, dennis wrote: > > > > >On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, dennis wrote: > > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> >Right!... So if there is anyone out there that needs help with > >> >FreeBSD, there are more than 500 people that can help this sole.. > >> > > >> >I personally have sent out messages at 2am on sunday mornings... > >> >Try to get that from BSDI.... > >> > >> Thats not fair. BSDI has a user list also..... > >> > > > > > >I agree, BUT, that list of users can't look into the sources to try > >to find an answer.... > > Why not? I have source....and so do many others. You just can't give > it to anyone. > > Dennis Which is how it limits this kind of support... Sure you can tell someone what to do to fix something, but, you can't give them the sources to fix a faulty program... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any comments or opinions in this message are my own and may or may not reflect the comments or opinions of my present or previous employers. Jerry Kendall Border Network Technologies Inc. System Software Engineer Tel +1-416-368-7157 ext 303 jerry@border.com Fax +1-416-368-7178