From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 8 14:38:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CC714F50 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:38:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA23600; Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:38:12 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:38:12 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Brett Glass Cc: Joseph Scott , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Targeting the server: Not such a good idea? Message-ID: <19991008163812.H20768@futuresouth.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19991008083634.044de740@localhost> <37FE3827.A45735D8@owp.csus.edu> <4.2.0.58.19991008143949.043f2a30@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991008143949.043f2a30@localhost> X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 03:28:37PM -0600, a little birdie told me that Brett Glass remarked > > It is true that resources are finite. But as FreeBSD grows in applicability, > the pool of resources available for its development will also expand. And someone in that then-grown pool will care about the desktop in a personal way, and will work to improve it, and solve the problem. Right now, nobody (or very few people) take the desktop personally, so nothing will get done because nobody cares enough to do it. 'Because it has to be done' is nowhere near as big an incentive as 'I want to do this'. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message