From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 17 16:26:25 2007 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 1AA9B16A419 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:26:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D13FD13C491 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F0F3EBC3B; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:26:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:26:21 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Gueven Bay" Message-Id: <20071017122621.be700173.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <13413b8f0710170920t5e5a03f9tcd703e6239db0296@mail.gmail.com> References: <20071017133352.GE67677@pcjas.obspm.fr> <47161B5D.9050002@pacific.net.sg> <20071017165423.G89276@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <13413b8f0710170920t5e5a03f9tcd703e6239db0296@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.4 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why 7.0 is so late ? 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: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:26:25 -0000 In response to "Gueven Bay" : > 2007/10/17, Wojciech Puchar : > > > > > > while companies like Microsoft must publish in time to make the share holders > > > > not to mention that microsoft regularly has delays like year. > > > > > happy, FreeBSD can afford to wait until the programmers are convinced that > > > their work is good enough for the public. > > > > > > Erich > > Please, > > stop mentioning this company in every discussion that "seems" to > "attack" *BSD in some way. > > Discussing M. - especially their development processes or business > tactics - does not accomplish anything for us. > > First acknowledge that FBSD 7 is late. The estimate was for 5 months > ago. And if I say to someone I want to meet him at 8 o'clock but > arrive 78 hours later, then I am late. Period. > > But as several community members already said: No one is really > waiting for 7 so that the developers can take their time to make it as > perfect as possible. > > So, but the original question was : What is not working _now_ at this > moment so that 7 cannot be released _now_ ? > The original question was not (I repeat NOT): Which international > conspiracy is holding up the developers of FreeBSD 7 from releasing? > Without discussing M. or the Illuminati and U.F.O.s AHA! I knew that the Illuminati were using UFOs to hold up this releast! I knew it! [Wrapping the tinfoil around my head] Who's paranoid now? huh? You all laughed at me before, but now you see I was right all along! -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com