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From: Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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dennis wrote:
> 
> I think that any vendor who does not have a developer on the hackers list
> isn't
> committed enough to recognize...... The hackers list is the best registry you
> can have, and although there is a lot of irrelevant banter (as there is on
> any list), it gives a philosophical understanding of what is going on rather
> that just snippets of effectual data.
>
I don't think so. A vendor won't survive by selling FreeBSD-only
products (at least no yet :-)), and keeping a developer tied to a
platform and lots of irrelevant messages will not lower their costs.

> Checklists are almost always inadequate, although I suppose required for
> any automated attempt at implementing such a scenario. I don't know how
> you would implement "kernel", as I cant imagine that you could quantify
> the impact of a seemingly trivial kernel change on any particular product.
> 
> I would suggest that you encourage vendors to participate in freebsd's future
> rather than just read about it. 

Easy to say ....the hacker's list has always been available.

--Pedro.

> 
> Dennis