Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 19:32:45 -0700 From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) Message-ID: <199704190232.TAA06434@kithrup.com> In-Reply-To: <199704190157.LAA28991.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <3.0.32.19970418121536.00b52b60@etinc.com> from dennis at "Apr 18, 97 12:15:38 pm"
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In article <199704190157.LAA28991.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> you write: >If your gripe is that customers are coming to you complaining that >you're not supporting -current, sit them down and explain to them in >short words that FreeBSD is _not_ Linux Alternatively, work with the developers to come up with a device driver interface (DDI). It won't be easy, but if you come up with one, and can get the developers to adhere to it for the lifetime of a major release (e.g., 1.x, 2.x, 3.x), then that would probably suit you and your customers just fine. In the meanwhile, I am reminded about customers (in a previous life) who wanted the lastest ANSI C features in a compiler that had been out for six months. Interestingly enough, free software tends to track moving targets more easily; perhaps the solution is to release the source code for your device drivers.
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