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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:32:14 -0700
From:      David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        Telocity <sobolak@telocity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to get the developer's attention
Message-ID:  <3BA900CE.537D2070@acuson.com>
References:  <3BA8F955.B6DA61B3@acuson.com> <1023353171.20010919131011@telocity.com>

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Brian Sobolak wrote:

> 1.  Money.  Find someone and pay him/her.

This I would be willing, somewhat.

> 2.  You could also fix it yourself.

No, because me time is worth more than my money. I *could* do it, but I
know absolutely squat about kernel code.

> 3.  Buy a similar configuration for a freeBSD developer, donate the
> board to him/her, and you *might* have some luck.

That would be more than I am willing to donate. I would be cheaper for
me to simply buy a new board and throw the old one away.

> FreeBSD is a community effort by volunteers.  If no one has done any
> work for the board you need, then it's probably because no one is
> interested in getting it to work.

I fully understand that. I hope my post didn't come off as whiny,
because I certainly didn't mean for it to. I am only trying to find a
passage out of this maze, and was hoping someone knew where the secret
door was.

David

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