From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 3 16:16:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from et-gw.etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8927E37B720 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:16:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by et-gw.etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA02236; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:16:13 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010403191622.02cbd8a0@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 19:33:27 -0400 To: "T. William Wells" From: Dennis Subject: Re: Intel driver doc's Take 2. Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010331151458.0220ab10@mail.etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 06:17 PM 04/03/2001, T. William Wells wrote: > > > > Its not a "proprietary tree". I dont have time to clean it up > > > > and submit patches. > > > > > >But you do seem to have time to keep arguing with people??? > > >I'm sure you'll have time to bitch again if 4.4 doesn't meet your needs > > >because you didn't submit some patch you needed. > > > Only because the same morons (like yourself) continue ad infinitum to post > > your useless comments publicly. > >I am opposed to supporting individuals or corporations whose >principals cannot manage simple disagreements with civility. It >makes it clear what the consequences will be _to me_ should I, in >my capacity as consultant, ever have a dispute with such an >individual or organization. I don't need that sort of stress nor >would I be willing to expose my clients to such behavior. Nor do we, as a corporation, need the stress of dealing with customers with such attitudes. So it works out, doesnt it? When are you going to get it into your heads? You are not supporting me by buying what we sell. You are making a business decision, paying a price because you believe the product has at least the value of the price to you. This "consumer" attitude that you are doing a company a favor by buying something from them is completely misguided. Most companies are not some ISP or consultant struggling to pay its bills. WE are doing you a favor by making our technology available to you at a fair price. If you dont see it that way, then you have a serious problem. Because Cisco, and Intel, and 3Com and yes, Emerging Technologies will survive without your business and your attitude. We dont expect to make every sale. >This is why, unless there is no reasonable alternative, your >products will not be on my short-list of solutions. Ok, and unless we are totally desperate for cash (dont count on it) we wont sell anything to you. Deal? You've just made a world class business decision. Burning bridges with a vendor that you may someday need is absolutely brilliant. Now lets drop it and get back to work. Dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message