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Date:      Thu, 17 Apr 1997 17:57:54 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...)
Message-ID:  <199704172357.RAA17382@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970417182959.00b2e9c0@etinc.com>
References:  <3.0.32.19970417182959.00b2e9c0@etinc.com>

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> Great. So the most powerful boxes can only be used by hackers and
> not for any serious commercial purpose requiring stablilty.......didnt
> we just have a (rather heated) discussion about this?

Uhh, yeah.  You want stability, then you can't have 'brand-new'
features.  You can't have it both ways.

To put it into a scenario you might understand.

: I want to beta-test your newest product before it's released
: publically, but it better be *rock* solid since I need your latest
: driver to handle the huge network loads I'm using.  And, I'll complain
: if it makes my machine unstable.



Nate



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