From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 1 1:56:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.axis.de (hermes.axis.de [194.163.241.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1130B150E1 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:56:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from maret@axis.de) Received: from erlangen01.axis.de by hermes.axis.de via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 1 Jun 1999 08:56:46 UT Received: (private information removed) Message-ID: <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA0E55@erlangen01.axis.de> From: Alexander Maret To: 'Sheldon Hearn' Subject: RE: xl driver for 3Com Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:56:40 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Sheldon Hearn [mailto:sheldonh@uunet.co.za] > Sent: Dienstag, 1. Juni 1999 10:45 > To: Alexander Maret > Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: xl driver for 3Com > > FreeBSD _developers_ seem to be more concerned with producing a > rock-solid operating system than producing a popular operating system. > That is why most of the folks working on FreeBSD are more > interested in > meaningful problem reports than arm-waving fanatics. Sure, everybody likes the easy way. > If there's a choice between keeping happy 100 people who don't know > what's going on, or working with 10 people who do, most folks > are going > to choose to ignore the 100 for the sake of the 10. Not because they > despise people who don't know what's going on, but because > they can get > good results out of people who do. Sure you can get better results working with 10 people who do know what's going on but if there are possible bugs and you just ignore the 100 people and say "they're idiots who can't post real bug reports and who can't configure their system" you won't get a rock-stable os. Even if 99% of the "bug reports" are configuration errors you can't ignore the 1%. Otherwise you won't get FreeBSD rock-stable. You have to deal with every user and ignoring people is no solution. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message