Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:45:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de> Cc: security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip Message-ID: <20020419114336.E11273-100000@master.gorean.org> In-Reply-To: <20020419170909.F78386@mail.webmonster.de>
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote:
> Doug Barton(DougB@FreeBSD.org)@2002.04.18 18:07:54 +0000:
> > The typical FreeBSD answer is, "Since YOU think it's a problem,
> > why don't YOU work to solve it?" However, since to my knowledge your
> > record of never actually contributing a line of code to the project
> > remains unblemished, I know you don't like that answer very much.
>
> doug, the "lines of code" argument does not apply to people supplying
> ideas, or experience from operations. take me for example, i am not much
> of a c coder, so i see it as a contribution to the world _not_ to put
> my sources out, them being pretty crappy and likely to screw up things
> badly. OTOH, i answer questions on the mailing lists and contribute my
> ideas to the community, all originating from my work expeieence with
> freebsd and other systems, you get the point.
Oh, I agree completely. The problem is, at the end of the day,
this is a volunteer organization. If no one volunteers to make your idea a
reality, you're pretty well stuck in do it yourself mode.... unless your
idea of fun is to sit around and wait for the topic to come up and make a
nuisance of yourself over and over again.
--
"We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power.
And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory."
- George W. Bush, President of the United States
State of the Union, January 28, 2002
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