From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 09:29:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 000BD106564A for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:29:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 384C78FC16 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:29:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAH9TbiS031125; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:29:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id mAH9TaZH031122; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:29:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:29:36 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Peter Boosten In-Reply-To: <4920F1E1.4050202@boosten.org> Message-ID: <20081117102754.A31070@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081116160428.GD79046@valentine.liquidneon.com> <20081116195718.F26015@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <49207271.7030609@boosten.org> <20081116202542.T26156@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <49207F81.7090502@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20081116225359.G26735@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081116153224.62bf8b5a@tau.draftnet> <4ad871310811161545t547565c1ya9a8e2cda2605b16@mail.gmail.com> <20081117005057.T27258@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <9145AB3A-E20B-42FF-B1FC-8FDD7532A883@rgbaz.eu> <20081117013128.U27466@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4920F1E1.4050202@boosten.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FBSD UG , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Forums X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:29:47 -0000 >> >> So Rolls-Royce should start to mass-produce cars for everyone? it won't >> be Rolls-Royce anymore. > > This is nonsense: better start charging money for FreeBSD then. > FreeBSD will not turn bad (or Linux) whenever more users are using it. if it would be kept high quality i would be able to pay for it, unless the price will be horrendous. but it would not keep high quality - developers will start to get as much users and implement strange but trendy features just to increase income. > This thought is totally against the Open Source vision: software for anyone.