Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 03:08:53 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Brian Tao <taob@vex.net>, Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD into larget corp. environment? Message-ID: <199701041108.DAA00459@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 Jan 1997 02:14:27 PST." <25861.852372867@time.cdrom.com>
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>From The Desk Of "Jordan K. Hubbard" : > > make a living hacking on FreeBSD. At any rate, Jordan , when > > am I going to get paid cause I am working my ass off on a > > new video capture driver for FreeBSD -- at any rate, you > > You already get paid working as a consultant to people who need to > have video capture card support for FreeBSD, I'd assume. :-) Chucks, I was just trying to get doubly paid --- Shame on me 8) > If you're not already listed on the new consultant's list, perhaps you > should submit something for it - I'm certain that there wouldn't be > too many others able to cite your degree of experience in the > multimedia arena. > > In any case, I sort of doubt that a support organization would end up > paying for much development work of that type anyway - not because it > was cheap but because that just wouldn't be part of its core business. > The core business of a tech support organization is in documenting and > supporting the mainstream product, working more on filing off the > rough edges than in taking the technology into bold, new directions! ;-) > > Besides, it probably couldn't pay your rates. :) You will be amazed at what people will be willing to pay if it contributes to their core business 8) Cheers, Amancio
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