From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 4 19:38: 7 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2306837B401; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:38:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8560043F9B; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:38:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA21622; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:37:42 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204203506.03c92d90@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 20:37:39 -0700 To: "Daniel O'Connor" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Cc: Rahul Siddharthan , "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <1044415826.2362.2.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204201252.03ccb2e0@localhost> <20030205021134.GO12525@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030204201252.03ccb2e0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:30 PM 2/4/2003, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >That doesn't matter - if you use it and you don't contribute then you >are getting it for nothing. Voting, being involved in the community, and advocating the product is a contribution too. As I've said before, the current system not only does not properly value advocacy but often assigns it NEGATIVE value when in fact it has great positive value. This is why FreeBSD is virtually unknown relative to Linux, and receives none of the corporate support, press, or other benefits that Linux does. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message