From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 31 09:17:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01821 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:17:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA01816 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:17:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id KAA02956; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:15:10 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199701311715.KAA02956@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: The continuting email... To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:15:10 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, mcgovern@spoon.beta.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199701310704.RAA07585@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jan 31, 97 05:34:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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.