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Date:      Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:58:38 +0200
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Cc:        "Karl M. Joch" <k.joch@ctseuro.com>
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history 
Message-ID:  <27578.1088369918@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:41:08 %2B0200." <200406271841.08596.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> 

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In message <200406271841.08596.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>, Michael Nottebrock w
rites:


>> No, I am not able to maintain the moduls because i am not a good enough
>> programmer. If that would be the case i would have adapted the stallion
>> stl driver.
>
>In that case, you have to make yourself (and your customers, by proxy) heard.
>If you don't complain loud enough, nobody will know that you depend on this
>driver.

Well, yes, making sure we know what bits are in use out there is
always a good idea, but it is not enough to get things to stick
around in the long run.

That takes developer mind-share, and that seems to be pretty universally
absent for ibcs2 and svr4.

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.



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