From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 4 08:23:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA03455 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 08:23:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns2.cetlink.net (root@ns2.cetlink.net [209.54.54.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA03442 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 08:23:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jak@cetlink.net) Received: from hot1.auctionfever.com (ts1-cltnc-41.cetlink.net [209.54.58.41]) by ns2.cetlink.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA06477; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 11:23:33 -0500 (EST) From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Stephen Roome Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 17:24:36 GMT Message-ID: <3486e4d1.58002777@mail.cetlink.net> References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.01/16.397 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id IAA03444 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:05:29 +0000 (GMT), Stephen Roome wrote: >There isn't much of an option of paying more though. I can hassle the >boss, but it's not going to help. I can't donate any money, I can't even >afford a new motherboard to support the MMX processor I stupidly bought. Since any contributions would be _voluntary_, those who can't pay don't have to. >Like many small ISP's and almost any company, paying for anything is not >natural until it's time to go to court, donating money is just not going >to happen. Perhaps for those happy with the status quo. But any company using FreeBSD for mission critical purposes has a vested interest in its continued success and development. Those who want to influence its future can be heard by contributing money to a developers fund. The developers who are paid from that fund would likely listen to the wishes of the contributors. Those who are not able or willing to contribute can sit on the sidelines and watch. They can cheer all they like, but they can't step onto the field and play. John