Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:36:51 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: opsys <opsys@omaha.com> Cc: Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a call for s/w support Message-ID: <36FA4A03.49892F97@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990325073806.1005B-100000@localhost>
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Thanks, Chris, for the cheer, but I have been asked in the interests of bringing in the most volunteer coders to use Perl. The evidence is solid that I'm already getting more offers for Perl support than I was with C++, and the reality is that I need willing fingers more than technical brilliance. Since, as you say, perl apps are not GPL, this is almost as good a showcase as pure-BSD-license would be. There will be other opportunities for that DTR, and most businesses would follow the same logic that the PTB have in suggesting the use of Perl: results now. It is also important to me that we use this to start encouraging people who are not UNIX/C++ gurus to start contributing and coding. The reality is that -advocacy has been mostly talk, with the exception of e-zines and a very few efforts beyond that. This is an opportunity to encourage people to begin becoming FreeSBD developers, in a 'safe' way, without the intimidation factor of either C or the whole commit process. -- Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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