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Date:      Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:06:47 +0000
From:      fvalasiad <fvalasiad@proton.me>
To:        Anthony Pankov <anthony.pankov@yahoo.com>
Cc:        Rob Norris <robn@despairlabs.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)
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Hi Anthony

On Thursday, September 5th, 2024 at 10:21 AM, Anthony Pankov <anthony.panko=
v@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yes, I also think that there are young C developers, the problem is how t=
o attract them to develop FreeBSD without money.

Relying on a minority's volunteering effort isn't the best plan if you ask =
me.

I am a regular FOSS contributor at this point, but the amount I contribute =
during this time working in a proprietary environment is minimal compared t=
o how much I contributed when I was paid to do FOSS two years ago. The time=
 simply doesn't add up.

And that "minimal" volunteering effort has not been targeting FreeBSD so fa=
r either. Linux steals plenty of the spotlight, while also currently strugg=
les with an anticipated C developer shortage, leading them to invest to Rus=
t in hopes to attract new contributors.

I got to join this mailing list because I met Deb and other members back in=
 FOSDEM 2023, drawing my interest to target FreeBSD as the first port of th=
e tool I developed at the time.

Funding issue in FOSS as a problem isn't new, and we can only hope it's goi=
ng to get resolved, eventually.

Fotis.



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