From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 21:34:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EF2916A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:34:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ip193-230.digitalrealm.net [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7284843D49 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:34:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@tvog.net) Received: from adsl-68-72-248-38.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net ([68.72.248.38] helo=tvog.net) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44 (FreeBSD)) id 1CziQc-000GXT-L6; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:34:18 -0500 Message-ID: <420D24EE.40606@tvog.net> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:34:38 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" References: <649200329.20050211081852@wanadoo.fr> <621dabed4fc2996ae4cb3a2929d6842c@chrononomicon.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tvog.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Bart Silverstrim Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:34:44 -0000 Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:00 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > >> Since when did FreeBSD, a project always driven by volunteers and not >> by commercial matters, suddenly gain a marketing department that is >> trying to steer FreeBSD into the business sector? Is FreeBSD >> starting to have marketing dictate technology instead of technology >> dictate marketing? > > > Sorry, but this does not make sense. > > FreeBSD is driven by commercial matters. Many of the people that work > on it are paid to work on it by their employers, who are using it > commercially. FreeBSD will wither away if it does not continue to > receive extensive commercial support like Linux gets. I wouldnt say many, there are few commiters who are actually paid to work on it, most commiters/developers do it as a hobby. __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584