Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 15:54:59 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support charges ( was Re: SUP target for -STABLE...) Message-ID: <199507222255.PAA02266@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jul 1995 18:34:10 EDT." <199507222234.SAA28620@mail.htp.com>
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> Another issue is control, and this generally applies to larger scale > developments. We wrote our own PPP for our sync cards, for example, because > it became impossible to support and control a product that was in one case > owned by someone else (BSDI) and public in another (FreeBSD) and just plain > messed up in another (Linux). Now we have one product for all three, a > portable product, that we control. Development costs were about $15,000., > and we're not going to share the source, not because we're mean, bad guys > but if we do someone will port it over to someone elses board and we will be > helping to create a competitor. As a commercial vendor its the only way to > do things. > Many have contributed to this effort so you may use our code and by enlarge all this effort has been given to you. Well, I will stop here not because I don't have a lot to say but in the interest of co-operation. Amancio
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