From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 7 00:31:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA07758 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 7 May 1997 00:31:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA07750 for ; Wed, 7 May 1997 00:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA00358; Wed, 7 May 1997 00:30:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705070730.AAA00358@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Tim Tsai , Michael Smith , Jaye Mathisen , dennis@etinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_de.c ???? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 06 May 1997 23:13:45 PDT." <7196.862985625@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 00:30:29 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >From The Desk Of "Jordan K. Hubbard" : > > Michael, I don't think this is fair. If you look at the mailing list > > archives I have publicly offered to pay somebody to support 21140-AC based > > cards. I also sent mail directly to one of the core members and never > > got a reply. Also, on any system that wishes to have mass end users (and > > I presume this is one of FreeBSD's goals), there are users that will not > > have much, if anything, to contribute back. Ultimately, it's how well > > you support these users that determines the success. > > I must agree that it's definitely not fair in your case to identify > you as some sort of "user slacker"; by all appearances you've done > everything it was practical to do, up to and including offering to PAY > for that support. I'm disappointed that no one took you up on your > offer. Wait did I understand that someone is offereing bucks to fix the driver? Cool, just sent me the hardware 8) Tnks a lot! Amancio