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Date:      Sun, 28 Jan 1996 13:12:41 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
Cc:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch), hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dennis' Behavior (was Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) 
Message-ID:  <22019.822863561@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:57:18 EST." <199601281657.LAA09526@etinc.com> 

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> There are incredible inconsistancies in the "focus" of the core team, and if 

Dennis,

Our "focus" is driven largely by what people do for us.  A bunch of
hackers in Germany decide they want ISDN, they hack on it.  I have a
vested interest, being an ISDN user myself, and so perhaps I talk
about it a little more.  An incorrect focus?  I don't think so.  I
think this is just the natural brownian motion that accompanies any
group of volunteers.  People do what they WANT to do.

As to the focus on serial drivers in general, you're pretty wrong if
you think they're not important to us or that we haven't spent a lot
of time trying to improve the situation.  At least 3 core members have
spent quite a bit of time with Cyclades in ironing out support for
their cards, I've got about 27 calls into Digiboard which have failed
to net much support, and I was the one pushing aggressively for ARNET
(now Digi) support and got John Hay the boards he used to do the port.

In comparison to what I've focused on with the rest of the system, I'd
say that multiport serial cards have occupied more of my time than
anything else.

Like many things, we need help.  Since you're making money off of us
now, perhaps you'd consider a donation?  The full details on how to do
this are in http://www.freebsd.org/submitters.html.  We can always use
hardware or funds to buy hardware in expanding our support for all
types of peripherals.  It's a two-way street, Dennis!

						Jordan



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