From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 13 20:29:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA12022 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 20:29:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus (pm3-p17.tfs.net [206.154.183.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA12011 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 20:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA08039; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 22:29:26 -0500 From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199704140329.WAA08039@argus> Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 22:29:25 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-To: jbryant@tfs.net In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970413214851.00b3b9e0@etinc.com> from "dennis" at Apr 13, 97 09:48:53 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > At 06:27 PM 4/13/97 -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: > >> > >> The problem with funding fundamentals like networking is that some > banana with > >> a different philosophy is likely to either undo your changes or make other > >> changes > >> that compromise it. You'd have to maintain it yourself to make it > worthwhile. > >> > >That is where the core team management comes in. A coherent core team > >allows for review and the backing out of bogus changes. > > *coherent* is one thing....having a focus is another (theres that word > again!). Since > there is no clear goal, the future is a fog, which makes Freebsd > undesirable in > the long run for major endeavors. Sorry John, just realized you said much of the same I did in my last message... Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2-meter, 70cm - KPC-3 Plus packet capable