From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 15:31:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D5E1065673 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:31:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431E18FC08 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-fx0-f54.google.com with SMTP id 4so2104007fxm.13 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:31:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=jSiSpRwxDRSJ9wcHxpKETUvRuL4sKfE2UP+mr9k0s/s=; b=rRCIhFM3UQCoLvpZCl5yC8JotB5+UJFchmJA5yNDXKN5PzEI+L/Vj9cDZtRtCk1WeJ H7bDVgFafOo/vbGB7wxB879tPf58HZ60/KoTLWa3EWBesb4n4EpDY/z5AiRdDUUo9q8F 1gx4zknfkPpMI4jnW10dkF9eQdTV2oUHWp7Y8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=IisX3Mx7KYVB9QlxuDMyL46t5wfcL845YfPDoDhFG2QPVWaEXZxrBMrq+xZ4h/NznG NbiOfwWAGkA+yOUEmfHBcU7HHSdGtfZ1g6ptGpcZyeyimGH3ZBGH/9MjThiLfScb8ela ay1cYi648p36Oa7yvjHkOzK4itSTeXac1RjpU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.119.67 with SMTP id y3mr566546faq.45.1284132705956; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:31:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.57.20 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:31:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100910064813.387f4ef0@scorpio> References: <20100910064813.387f4ef0@scorpio> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:31:45 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:31:46 -0000 On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Jerry wrote: > Excepting donations != producing results. I will be happy to donate > $100 US dollars to their fund once they distribute a fully up-to-date > version of JAVA, not some reworked, deprecated version, that is fully > compatible with Firefox on FreeBSD. I believe the current version of > Java is Version 6 Update 21. It simply goes counter to my basic > business model to contribute any monetary assistance to any open ended > project. > Did you contribute back when it was up to date? Or do you contribute now based on all the other features you find useful in FreeBSD? So you won't write code, you won't donate money, but constantly complain about it. I guess I fail to see the logic in your basic business model. I've donated fairly regularly, and things I've requested like HA and XEN support are at least partially here now. If you're in the US your donations are tax deductible, at least monetary donations are, so there is even less argument against donations. -- Adam Vande More