Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:31:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971205111953.4428B-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <26227.881259597@time.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I don't think that anyone should be forced to contribute at gunpoint, > nor should "contribute, dammit!" be the response to any suggestion > that FreeBSD could stand a little improvement, though it's certainly > not a bad idea to occasionally suggest that contributions of time or > money are the surest way to promote the swift advancement of FreeBSD. I think time devoted is better. Right now I could probably donate $50, but time is money and I'd be more prepared to spend $500 of my own time getting something to work for FreeBSD and then helping others use it. In that sense there's already a great deal of monetary contribution, it's just that no-one actually hands over the notes. > Abruptly tell someone to go "do it yourself!" in response > to every constructive criticism and people will also understandably > distance themselves from such a rude bunch of developers, not try to > help them in their task. It's a nice point and it's true, but it doesn't happen that much thankfully. Steve. -- Steve Roome - Vision Interactive Ltd. Tel:+44(0)117 9730597 Home:+44(0)976 241342 WWW: http://dylan.visint.co.uk/
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