Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:37:59 -0500 From: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a FreeBSD desktop was somehting about dog food Message-ID: <CAFKhKgqErpoY0XCD=T_-ou9PscMGN9smHQXfimv5abqx_qUZJQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b9c0a511-99f0-8306-b817-52037d97d71b@tinka.africa> References: <38b7f44-6d54-fec6-c1f0-d3609d301687@safeport.com> <20220327132420.201da20c@archlinux> <20220327212421.adaee52ba708a058e5ef6bd8@sohara.org> <4f3edca7-45ec-b8ae-45dc-9648cced9bfe@kicp.uchicago.edu> <772cf4b0-9e26-3126-ec4b-bd91986883dd@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20220328055449.8a30774a61f3b298e778ae68@sohara.org> <20220328121115.7d368d32@bigus.dream-tech.com> <20220328213101.b4e8a7c447964ba025d30883@sohara.org> <b9c0a511-99f0-8306-b817-52037d97d71b@tinka.africa>
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--000000000000aaf25505db60913e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 8:35 PM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote: > > > On 3/28/22 22:31, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > > Many of them may share the frustrations but have their hands full > > with what they're already doing. So if something is not being addressed > it > > means that there is nobody who cares enough and has the time and the > skills > > to address it. Which means that for it to happen someone who does has t= o > > step up and make it happen and not someone who is already giving their > time > > to something they feel is more important/interesting/doable/fun/... > they're > > doing their bit in their own way. > > This. > > The open source world has produced so much for so many for little to not > reward for their time and effort, that it has created an expectation > that everyone's problem has, more than likely, been already fixed by > someone else. And that if that problem has no fix, well then, "someone > has to fix it". > > I think it's important to remind folk that the open source world is not > some conglomerate, with tons of buildings hosting thousands of > developers being paid by the second. No. It's men and women in everyday > clothing and slippers, sitting in their studies, living rooms, bedrooms > and neighborhood cafes, at 3AM coding the ideas that struck them earlier > in the shower. > > Mark. > > This is a great response and reminder. I would only add that these developers also have family members and pets that both demand and deserve their time. They don=E2=80=99t just exist for us; and they deserve their t= ime. Andrew --000000000000aaf25505db60913e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div><br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 8:35 PM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.a= frica> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin= :0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-le= ft:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br> <br> On 3/28/22 22:31, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:<br> <br> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Many of them may share the frustrations but = have their hands full<br> > with what they're already doing. So if something is not being addr= essed it<br> > means that there is nobody who cares enough and has the time and the s= kills<br> > to address it. Which means that for it to happen someone who does has = to<br> > step up and make it happen and not someone who is already giving their= time<br> > to something they feel is more important/interesting/doable/fun/... th= ey're<br> > doing their bit in their own way.<br> <br> This.<br> <br> The open source world has produced so much for so many for little to not <b= r> reward for their time and effort, that it has created an expectation <br> that everyone's problem has, more than likely, been already fixed by <b= r> someone else. And that if that problem has no fix, well then, "someone= <br> has to fix it".<br> <br> I think it's important to remind folk that the open source world is not= <br> some conglomerate, with tons of buildings hosting thousands of <br> developers being paid by the second. No. It's men and women in everyday= <br> clothing and slippers, sitting in their studies, living rooms, bedrooms <br= > and neighborhood cafes, at 3AM coding the ideas that struck them earlier <b= r> in the shower.<br> <br> Mark.<br> <br> </blockquote></div></div>This is a great response and reminder.=C2=A0 I wou= ld only add that these developers also have family members and pets that bo= th demand and deserve their time.=C2=A0 They don=E2=80=99t just exist for u= s; and they deserve their time.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><b= r></div><div dir=3D"auto">Andrew</div></div> --000000000000aaf25505db60913e--
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