Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:27:29 -0500 From: Steve Ames <steve@energistic.com> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: Atte Peltomaki <koston@iki.fi> Subject: Re: Future of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040409122729.GA19110@energistic.com> In-Reply-To: <20040409121542.GD26247@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20040408224527.GA8299@norsu.kameli.org> <20040409121542.GD26247@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 02:15:42PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > As a user the best you can do is document all your problems to the developers; > if you want the project to go in a certain direction, or 'finish' a particular > project, you'll have to step in as a developer because that's how opensource > (or at least this project) works. You can't sit by the sideline and say 'hey > this is going wrong' while generally waving your arms about. You could also gather some money together and financially encourage a developer or two to move in a direction you prefer. Rewards for certain features have been posted and accepted in the past. Putting together the necessary financial commitment to help nudge or accelerate the project in a certain direction doesn't seem totally out of question. If your talents lean more toward fund-raising than coding this is certainly a viable strategy for you. Just another option. Griping has traditionally not accomplished anything. Document your problems specifically, fix them, or encourage others to fix them for you. -Steve
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