Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:44:49 +0300 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA> To: supporters@lemis.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: It's the economy, stupid! (Was: Re: New name?) Message-ID: <353224E0.A362C6CD@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA> References: <19980413132146.H28708@freebie.lemis.com> <199804130928.CAA03504@implode.root.com> <19980413192115.V28708@freebie.lemis.com> <19980413152229.47827@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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James Raynard wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 07:21:15PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> ?
> ? I
> ? think people are somewhat overemphasizing this issue, which is not
> ? really important to the support issues (why isn't anybody discussing
> ? them?).
>
> Exactly. I'm amazed no-one seems to have even asked, let alone addressed
> the following obvious questions (at least, they seem obvious to me):
>
> 1. Who are Nan Yang?
> 2. What exactly are they looking for?
> 3. How serious are they?
> 4. What kind of customers do they have?
> 5. How much time would they expect people to spend on working for them?
> 6. What (if any) is the difference between working for Nan Yang and being
> a contractor/consultant for a "normal" agency?
> 7. What's the best way of getting in touch with them?
>
> Instead, we have had a discussion about what name we should put on
> a hypothetical commercial release, containing some unspecified
> "bonus" software that no-one appears to have actually written yet,
> which has finally descended into an absurd row over whether
> FreeBSD is allowed to change its name or not.
>
> I really hope these are just symptoms of initial over-excitement and
> not an indication of the direction this is going to go. :-(
>
> (Yes, I'm excited about this as well, but I'd like to see something
> actually happen, rather than an initial rash of unrealistic plans
> followed by complete apathy).
>
I am 100% agree with you.
> James
>
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