Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 14:31:05 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jbryant@tfs.net Cc: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maintainer of ft/lft Message-ID: <199704250501.OAA00444@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199704250027.TAA07641@argus> from Jim Bryant at "Apr 24, 97 07:27:40 pm"
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Jim Bryant stands accused of saying: > > > > > > Who is the current maintainer(s) of the ft driver and/or the lft > > > program?? > > > > Anyone silly enough to both buy that type of hardware and then ask > > that type of question... > > > > The code is not being actively maintained because no one with the > > ability owns the hardware and cares to do it. This was recently > > discussed. > > terry, i'm really sorry, but i have got to really say this... > > HOW CAN YOU BE SO F***ING IGNORANT??? And you're going to flame me too Jim, because I, like a lot of other people here, hold the same opinion? > As one in QIC observer status [check the QIC mailing list], I can > assure you that by sheer numbers alone, the vast majority of tape > drives in existance are QIC-117 compatable... That's the '50 billion flies' argument. It doesn't work. > need i say anything else??? Yeah, you could try addressing Terry's point, which is that there is no intersection of the sets "have stupid floppytape" and "can/will maintain floppytape driver". As has been thrashed out a million times before; the devices are fundamentally _crap_. Supporting them is a serious drag, and it would seem that unless there is _money_ in it, nobody is going to sacrifice their time to do the hard work involved. > jim > -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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