Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 06:24:14 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SV: Voxware is toast. Get used to it. (Re: Suggestions for impro Message-ID: <00032206535801.01108@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <01BF93FE.6BFBBEE0.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se> References: <01BF93FE.6BFBBEE0.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Thomas Uhrfelt wrote: > > "-RELEASE" is not a state. It is a point in time. > > The other terms refer to the continuum between releases. > > > > I still think that "current" is misleading to newbies and should be > called > > "development". > > I have no religious views at all on the subject, so either way is fine by > me. The reason why it's called CURRENT I belive is due to the fact thats > where the focal point on the project is. New things gets adopted and > basically - that's where FreeBSD is, not neccessarily the users. Yes, I understand the basis. FreeBSD was viewed as a DEVELOPMENT project and everything was referenced in that context > > > It is possible from this > > > mailing list launch suggestion for the development team? > > > > I don't think so. It seems that "its their sand box" and they really > > don't care how unfriendly their practices are to mere "users" > > Your statement is highly unfair, I have been swimming in this community > pond for the last 18 months, and I never experienced the core as elitist or > anything near that. Only 18 months! I've got FreeBSD systems still up that haven't been rebooted in that period. Unfortunately, Moore's Law may be the uptime killer :-) Before you pass judgment, you should read some of the "You F&*(&king idiot, RTFM!" replies that used to go out in response to questions from new, would be, users. > Not to mention that the FreeBSD support model is > unparalleled. I get better support from the FreeBSD community that I do > from $10K support contracts. I don't dispute this at all. It IS one of the real selling points. However, IMHO, FreeBSD has a "reputation" for being (to be polite) "elitist". If the project ever wants to break out of the "developer's sandbox", it MUST attract "mere users". I think that many of the developers ignore the "tax" that they pay in answering the same support questions over and over. The developers are so set in their ways that they fail to accept the fact that "cosmetic" changes can have real benefit. There is a pervasive "if it's not code, it's worthless" attitude. They prefer to make others suffer so they can continue in their comfortable ruts. That's why I call it a "developer's sandbox". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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