Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:59:57 +0000 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org> To: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir Message-ID: <94301EB5-4D6C-4324-93D1-4D5E8660734B@rabson.org> In-Reply-To: <4B90D557.90504@lissyara.su> References: <619814.37821.qm@web59102.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003050912340.5181@fledge.watson.org> <4B90CF3E.2070508@lissyara.su> <CF439450-14F1-4628-A012-CF6DD2A50670@rabson.org> <4B90D557.90504@lissyara.su>
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On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:56, Alex Keda wrote: > On 05.03.2010 12:45, Doug Rabson wrote: >> On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:30, Alex Keda wrote: >> >> >>> On 05.03.2010 12:17, Robert Watson wrote: >>> >>>> consumers like Isilon, NetApp, Juniper, and many others >>>> >>> thus, it is not 'Free', this managed by 'consumers like Isilon, NetApp, Juniper, and many others'? >>> >> It might be helpful to think of them as 'customers' who are using our 'product' and paying for it by feeding back patches and employing FreeBSD developers. Normal business practice doesn't include intentionally making your customers' lives difficult - if you make a habit of it they tend to go elsewhere. >> > It seems to me, business and freedom - are mutually exclusive things. > or you can choose the path of development, or who pays - giver commands to community. > no freedom there. Someone always pays. If this project didn't have sponsors like Isilon, NetApp, Juniper, Yahoo, and many others it simply would not exist.
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