Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:57:06 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: dennis@etinc.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) Message-ID: <199704181657.JAA02193@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199704172357.RAA17382@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Apr 17, 97 05:57:54 pm
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> Uhh, yeah. You want stability, then you can't have 'brand-new' > features. You can't have it both ways. > > To put it into a scenario you might understand. > > : I want to beta-test your newest product before it's released > : publically, but it better be *rock* solid since I need your latest > : driver to handle the huge network loads I'm using. And, I'll complain > : if it makes my machine unstable. That looks like what he actually wants, as opposed to what he says he thinks he wants. Why can't the latest driver work in a rock solid system, or why can't a rock solid driver work in the latest system? A beta user accepts some risk, but they shouldn't have to risk everything. Rgards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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