From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 23 22:58:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from server1.huntsvilleal.com (server1.huntsvilleal.com [207.13.224.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 906D137B650 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:58:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@hiwaay.net) Received: from barricuda.bsd.nws.net (kris.huntsvilleal.com [207.13.224.46]) by server1.huntsvilleal.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA02102; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:39:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by barricuda.bsd.nws.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA69874; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:58:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kris@hiwaay.net) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:58:42 -0600 (CST) From: Kris Kirby To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: John Reynolds~ , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What does "Voxware still supported in 4.0" mean exactly? In-Reply-To: <30099.953879968@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > It already purchases tens of thousands of dollars worth of such > equipment a year. We can't do it all, however, and need your help. > Some of it isn't even the money, it's the time of individuals we can't > really spare right now to go out and purchase/ship the stuff. From > that perspective, it makes far more sense to have dozens or even > hundreds of people providing stuff directly to developers rather than > somehow expecting one very small organization to handle each and > everyone's needs. That's just not even possible. And don't forget that fat pipe to the internet that ftp.freebsd.org rests on, and all the other internet services that Walnut Creek^WBSD, Inc. pays for. My $0.02. ----- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. | ------------------------------------------------------- "God gave them the ability to reproduce... ... Science gave us the hope they won't." -KBK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message