From owner-freebsd-chat Sat May 15 16:46:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C2EA14E84 for ; Sat, 15 May 1999 16:46:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA64173; Sat, 15 May 1999 16:45:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) To: Chuck Robey Cc: Studded , davids@webmaster.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pcisupport.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 15 May 1999 16:43:11 EDT." Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 16:45:46 -0700 Message-ID: <64169.926811946@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > And what you're ignoring is that the developers write the stuff, and > they AREN'T paid by you. They write it because they want to write it, > and if you try to force them to do what you want, they will just go > away. > .. > Right there, there's your problem. In FreeBSD, programmers DO make that > decision. You have the option of banging your head on the wall and > screaming about it, or learning to code yourself. You DON'T have the > option of forcing the developers to do what you want. I just thought this so well said that I had to quote it again. That's exactly the situation in a nutshell and I wish I'd been as succinct in my own reply to Don. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message