Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 00:28:52 +0100 (CET) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Magnus_B=E4ckstr=F6m?= <b@etek.chalmers.se> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0302050026260.82664-100000@scrooge.etek.chalmers.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0302041140130.26438-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Larry Sica wrote: > > > invested in freebsd because i am not a developer. Without ppl like > > me, the users, there would be no freebsd to speak of. In the end it is > > all about the users i think. > > With an open source project (even a large operating system), generally the > (non-paid) developers do the work for their own needs (or interests). > > I'd assume that many of the committers would do the work even without the > large user community. Until they go and do something else, yes. There is turnover in the developer community; without the users there is no base for recruitment (actually diffusion into the community) of developers. In the end, it is all about the users, indeed. Magnus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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