Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:59:57 +0000 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org> To: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir Message-ID: <94301EB5-4D6C-4324-93D1-4D5E8660734B@rabson.org> In-Reply-To: <4B90D557.90504@lissyara.su> References: <619814.37821.qm@web59102.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003050912340.5181@fledge.watson.org> <4B90CF3E.2070508@lissyara.su> <CF439450-14F1-4628-A012-CF6DD2A50670@rabson.org> <4B90D557.90504@lissyara.su>
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On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:56, Alex Keda wrote: > On 05.03.2010 12:45, Doug Rabson wrote: >> On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:30, Alex Keda wrote: >>=20 >> =20 >>> On 05.03.2010 12:17, Robert Watson wrote: >>> =20 >>>> consumers like Isilon, NetApp, Juniper, and many others >>>> =20 >>> thus, it is not 'Free', this managed by 'consumers like Isilon, = NetApp, Juniper, and many others'? >>> =20 >> It might be helpful to think of them as 'customers' who are using our = 'product' and paying for it by feeding back patches and employing = FreeBSD developers. Normal business practice doesn't include = intentionally making your customers' lives difficult - if you make a = habit of it they tend to go elsewhere. >> =20 > It seems to me, business and freedom - are mutually exclusive things. > or you can choose the path of development, or who pays - giver = commands to community. > no freedom there. Someone always pays. If this project didn't have sponsors like Isilon, = NetApp, Juniper, Yahoo, and many others it simply would not exist.
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