Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:03:54 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970418150347.00b0b604@etinc.com>
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At 09:57 AM 4/18/97 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: >> Uhh, yeah. You want stability, then you can't have 'brand-new' >> features. You can't have it both ways. >> >> To put it into a scenario you might understand. >> >> : I want to beta-test your newest product before it's released >> : publically, but it better be *rock* solid since I need your latest >> : driver to handle the huge network loads I'm using. And, I'll complain >> : if it makes my machine unstable. > >That looks like what he actually wants, as opposed to what he says >he thinks he wants. > >Why can't the latest driver work in a rock solid system, or why >can't a rock solid driver work in the latest system? A beta user >accepts some risk, but they shouldn't have to risk everything. > No..its more like..why can't the new features be smoothly integrated into the existing release product without having to create an entirely new animal. db
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