Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:41:36 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: brians@mandor.dev.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP bugs in FreeBSD 2.1.5 Message-ID: <199610161841.LAA03387@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <228.845489380@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Oct 16, 96 08:09:40 pm
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> If people who use FreeBSD in a commercial setting paid 2% of what it > would have cost them to do the same with shrink-wrapped software, > and private users paid 1% to the FreeBSD Projects funds, then I would > be much more inclined to listen to them and help them. $39.95 (the price of a FreeBSD CDROM) is 5 times the 2% figure you cite for most OS's, and twice the figure you cite for BSDI: SCO $400/$40 = 10 1/10 = 10% BSDI $1000/$40 = 25 1/25 = 4% For what it's worth, let's include the SCO personal use CDROM: $20/$40 = .5 1/.5 = 200% > As it is now, I do FreeBSD for fun, and I work on what's fun for >me< > and what I think the historic necesity dictates that FreeBSD must have. > > I do not jump out of my pants to help people with their more or less > bizarre wishes and problems, unless it matches the above "fun" clause > as well. This is a different matter. It means you aren't being proportionally rewarded for your efforts in lieu of "fun factor as payment". This is a different issue altogether, and should be attacked seperately. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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