From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 25 03:26:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA29022 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 03:26:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.0.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA29017 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 03:26:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tomg@nrnet.org) Received: from mailhost.nrnet.org (tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org [166.84.192.39]) by mail1.panix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/PanixM1.3) with ESMTP id GAA11141; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 06:26:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (tomg@localhost) by mailhost.nrnet.org (8.8.7/8.8.4) with SMTP id GAA15341; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 06:27:51 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 06:27:50 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good Reply-To: Thomas Good To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: How do you get paid In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 24 Dec 1998, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > [someone in Core may want to correct me if the following paragraph is > incorrect] > > I know of only three FreeBSD developers who get paid directly for > their involvment in developing FreeBSD. There are many cases where > people do FreeBSD work for their employer which they then contribute > back to the Project, and a few cases of people getting hired as > consultants by WC to perform specific, well-defined tasks (e.g. Kirk > McKusick for fixing fs bugs), but the rest of us do it for free. Hi. I don't have anything to do with committing code to BSD. However, the basic principles behind open source is what drives development in my shop. When I came onboard we were running PROGRESS databases on Novell UnixWare. After explaining the ideas behind FSF/GNU and Linux to my employers I was able to convince them that we needed to run our db apps under iBCS2 on Linux. This we did as an interim measure. After completing this phase I began urging a move to an ANSI SQL compliant db that runs on Linux or FreeBSD as native code. We have resolved that all future development will be for PostgreSQL databases (we now have more pg databases deployed than PROGRESS db's.) The language that replaced the Progress 4GL was perl (using the DBI approach) and it was the perl artistic licence, as well as the Beserkely licence, that enabled me to convince my employers that we need to keep our code in the public domain. This allows me to use donated labour (from a team of programmers, mostly Canadians) to build our apps. The last step is to replace our mail server with a FreeBSD box. When this is done we will be a `Walnut Creek shop'. I have an allergic reaction to any brand of Linux other than Slackware. (End of Partisan Comments ;-) In as much as we are funded with public monies it is nice to say that we are pleased to have all of our code open source. I don't get paid to write open source code, per se. I am doing that (at 06:00 on 25 DEC 98) because I *believe* in it. While there are lots of apps available for general medicine there isn't much for psychiatry (especially for sites that offer a full range of services including inpatient and detox units.) --- DES - a question if I may be permitted. Is the version of iBCS2 a port of the src penned by Mike Jagdis? Or something hacked inhouse? (Just curious here.) Finally, I agree with Mark Ovens about the list. (Happy Christmas, Mark) It is invaluable. > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Cheers, Tom ----------- Sisters of Charity Medical Center ---------- Department of Psychiatry ---- Thomas Good, System Administrator North Richmond CMHC/Residential Services Phone: 718-354-5528 75 Vanderbilt Ave, Quarters 8 Fax: 718-354-5056 Staten Island, NY 10304 www.panix.com/~ugd ---- Powered by PostgreSQL 6.3.2 / Perl 5.004 / DBI-0.91::DBD-PG-0.69 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message