Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 03:44:30 GMT From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did NetBSD and FreeBSD diverge? Message-ID: <200101210344.QAA16337@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
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> At 4:36 PM -0800 2001/1/19, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > s/write code/contribute/ > > > > That's all it is, and if you think about it, it's basically a truism. > > There are plenty of ways to contribute that do not require > writing code, however my personal experience is that those other > methods do not tend to be valued by many members of the FreeBSD > community. The lack of *perceived* value may be related to the people who see your contributions. I say perceived because your contributions may well have been valued, it's just that you didn't get enough positive feedback. The types of things people value vary greatly. One coder may greater appreciate the work of another coder because it lets them accomplish something. Personally, the type of work I appreciate most is that of the port maintainers and of the documentation project? Why? Because the OS isn't much use if you can't get the apps you want. And documentation is what lets you use the OS in the first place. These non-code contributions are very much appreciated. It's just that the people who appreciate it are not in the vocal sector of the community. For example, I know that my work on FreeBSD Diary is appreciated by the readers. Why? Because the number of feedback comments I get saying "thanks, your site helped me a lot!". > Your experience may be different, but that doesn't change mine. It's unfortunate that your experience didn't include any appreciation of your work. If you like the type of work you did, keep doing it. If you dislike the lack of displayed appreciation, try another type of contribution. But don't give up. For the lurkers and non-coders out there: this article generated the most amount of feedback. It shows a few easy ways you can contribute regardless of your skill level. <http://freebsddiary.org/advocacy.html> Keep --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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