From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 5 03:31:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA16088 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 03:31:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wakko.visint.co.uk (wakko.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA16082 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 03:31:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steve@visint.co.uk) Received: from dylan.visint.co.uk (dylan.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.180]) by wakko.visint.co.uk (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA06674; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:31:18 GMT Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:31:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Stephen Roome To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: John Kelly , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? In-Reply-To: <26227.881259597@time.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 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/