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> Ahh, then we can be called Microsoft, because our software continually
> grows, with no direction.

Heh, I think invoking the spectre of Microsoft in support of a weak
argument has become the geek equivalent of Godwin's Law. :)  ("Hitler!")

We're not the authors of this software, we're just the current
custodians, and a lot of the "technical guidelines" which discourage
truly directionless development were already set in place 25 years
ago.  As far as I can see, everything we've done over the last 9 years
has been incremental development within the scope of those guidelines
and not a function of some brilliant group of strategists who've since
departed the project.

Our strategy has never been anything more "brilliant" than fixing
bugs, updating tools, writing drivers for new hardware as it appeared
and with a very occasional foray into truly new ground with things
like netgraph (which could also be argued to be more evolutionary than
revolutionary).  If that isn't already being customer driven then I
don't know what is and I was merely reaffirming my support for that
strategy.  Put your fur down before you give yourself a hairball.

- Jordan

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