From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 08:29:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 308051065673 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:29:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (pancho.soaustin.net [76.74.250.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9478FC16 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:29:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 655A056173; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:29:00 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:29:00 -0600 From: Mark Linimon To: Igor Mozolevsky Message-ID: <20120120082900.GA32491@lonesome.com> References: <1326756727.23485.10.camel@Arawn> <4F14BAA7.9070707@freebsd.org> <20120117010239.GA29529@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> <20120117022544.GB29529@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:36:55 +0000 Cc: richo , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, WBentley@futurecis.com, William Bentley Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:29:01 -0000 On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 02:43:21AM +0000, Igor Mozolevsky wrote: > To be realistic, I think any serious developer should expect to spend > 70% of their development time on maintenance s/developer/paid developer/ and you've got a correct model of how commercial software companies work. mcl