Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:08:32 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: asmodai@wxs.nl, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c] Message-ID: <15023.42384.196115.528084@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010313131934K.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> References: <20010312043409.A86273@mollari.cthul.hu> <20010312103340.A15895@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010313104243.B60817@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <20010313131934K.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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> When we're talking about "architectural direction" for the entire > project, however, I don't think that's something we're going to > properly arrive just by sitting around as a group of engineers and > thinking of what it would be neat to do. If we simply stay neutral > and *react* when customers start agitating for something then FreeBSD > will always remain popular and relevant to what people need because > we'll be the ones who "get it" about who we're really writing software > for. Ahh, then we can be called Microsoft, because our software continually grows, with no direction. > That's a bit of "architectural direction" I'm proud to say that > FreeBSD has had all along and it's certainly one of the major reasons > why I'm here. I disagree vehemently with this statement, having been around as long as you. FreeBSD has had very specific direction from folks in the past, although most of the folks that established direction are either too busy now, or have left. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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