Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 08:12:14 -0500 From: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Steve Ames <steve@energistic.com> Cc: Atte Peltomaki <koston@iki.fi> Subject: Re: Future of FreeBSD Message-ID: <4076A12E.4060508@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040409122729.GA19110@energistic.com> References: <20040408224527.GA8299@norsu.kameli.org> <20040409121542.GD26247@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20040409122729.GA19110@energistic.com>
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On 4/9/2004 7:27 AM, Steve Ames wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 02:15:42PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: >> As a user the best you can do is document all your problems to the >> developers; if you want the project to go in a certain direction, >> or 'finish' a particular project, you'll have to step in as a >> developer because that's how opensource (or at least this project) >> works. You can't sit by the sideline and say 'hey this is going >> wrong' while generally waving your arms about. > > You could also gather some money together and financially encourage a > developer or two to move in a direction you prefer. Rewards for > certain features have been posted and accepted in the past. Putting > together the necessary financial commitment to help nudge or > accelerate the project in a certain direction doesn't seem totally > out of question. If your talents lean more toward fund-raising than > coding this is certainly a viable strategy for you. Just another > option. Griping has traditionally not accomplished anything. Document > your problems specifically, fix them, or encourage others to fix them > for you. Here's a direct link to help make this happen: http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/funding.txt Jon
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