Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 04 Jan 1997 03:08:53 -0800
From:      Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Brian Tao <taob@vex.net>, Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD into larget corp. environment? 
Message-ID:  <199701041108.DAA00459@rah.star-gate.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 Jan 1997 02:14:27 PST." <25861.852372867@time.cdrom.com> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>From The Desk Of "Jordan K. Hubbard" :
> > make a living hacking on FreeBSD. At any rate, Jordan , when
> > am I going to get paid cause I am working my ass off on a
> > new video capture driver for FreeBSD -- at any rate, you 
> 
> You already get paid working as a consultant to people who need to
> have video capture card support for FreeBSD, I'd assume. :-)

Chucks, I was just trying to get doubly paid --- Shame on me 8)


> If you're not already listed on the new consultant's list, perhaps you
> should submit something for it - I'm certain that there wouldn't be
> too many others able to cite your degree of experience in the
> multimedia arena.
> 
> In any case, I sort of doubt that a support organization would end up
> paying for much development work of that type anyway - not because it
> was cheap but because that just wouldn't be part of its core business.
> The core business of a tech support organization is in documenting and
> supporting the mainstream product, working more on filing off the
> rough edges than in taking the technology into bold, new directions! ;-)
> 
> Besides, it probably couldn't pay your rates. :)

You will be amazed at what people will be willing to pay if it contributes
to their core business 8)

	Cheers,
	Amancio





Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199701041108.DAA00459>