Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 11:16:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Heiko Schaefer <hschaefer@fto.de> To: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@kts.org> Cc: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i'll unsubscribe from isdn-freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9809151045300.26900-100000@spock.spacequest.hs> In-Reply-To: <m0zIqIs-000010C@bert.kts.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hello Hellmuth, > > Are there any apparent reasons for this you would share with us ? > > The reasons are twofolded - one thing is that most of the private and > commercial users of i4b seem to have a strong consume-only mentality, this is a remark that i can - to my embarassment - relate to... the reason why i only consume is a quite simple one - i have just about no idea about freebsd development and only know little about c-programming in general. nevertheless i like to use freebsd, because i think it's the best os for some of my computing needs. so i am using the i4b driver, being nothing more than just another user (and thus a dumb alpha-tester - not knowing what i'm doing, but just using the software). > and i don't like to be a free outsourced development department. The i think i know this feeling... :-\ (in other context though) > other thing is the reaction or non-reaction in public and private of > the FreeBSD core team regarding an open letter published on -hackers > which indicate that it is neither necessary nor worth nor appreciated > to contribute to FreeBSD and all is fine as long as one shuts up. whatever the core team says or doenst say - i strongly believe that freebsd will need isdn support to be appealing to user-type-people. if freebsd wants to become an os for end-users, it will need isdn support. because of this i think that your work is essential for the freebsd project and i find it hard to believe that the core team doesnt see things this way. after all, the free unixes are currently aiming for the desktop (at least this is what i am told) - and they probably should. i believe nt5 is gonna kick some major ass when it's released. it will make the life of unixes even harder as it is today. i hope you will eventually decide to continue developing i4b, regardless of people (like me) getting on your nerves :) regards, Heiko To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.02.9809151045300.26900-100000>