Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 10:35:24 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970414103521.00a94320@etinc.com>
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At 09:12 AM 4/14/97 +0200, J Wunsch wrote: >As dennis wrote: > >(I didn't really wanna participate here, and this will probably be my >only mail in this thread.) > >> FreeBSD is loaded with junk already. You should want >> supported products...not basic drivers supported by some guy in >> the urals who has a 50 hr a week commitment elsewhere and fixes >> stuff only when his wife and kids are at grandmas. > >The junk is not at crucial parts of the system. Things like ft(4) or >aic(4) (yeah, my most favourite examples) simply haven't been removed >since users are still using them. But, etinc.com doesn't have to rely >on a crappy floppy tape driver. > >The heavy parts of the system _are_ maintained, and we make it fairly [snip] aggreed. I understand this...i didnt suspect that you want commercial vendors to maintain network or vm subsystems. I was referring to add-ons..... For example, it would be *cool* if some vendor that used the DEC 21040 chip (or DEC itself) would help maintain the de driver as a matter of policy (rather than as a sidebar for Matt)...they sell enough chips into the FreeBSD market to justify it. Dennis Dennis
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