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Date:      Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:14:09 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>, "Jay Nelson" <jdn@acp.qiv.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        jkh@cdrom.com
Subject:   FreeBSD Distributions: Leveling the playing field
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990912145908.04af73a0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <000001befd61$6769baf0$021d85d1@youwant.to>
References:  <4.2.0.58.19990912134942.04a5d7a0@localhost>

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At 01:57 PM 9/12/99 -0700, David Schwartz wrote:

>         Bluntly, if two things are not equally good, it is not sensible to treat
>them equally.

Would you apply that statement to human beings in general? If so, who is to
judge the "quality" of the human being? Or to say that he or she should be
treated differently -- i.e. deprived of rights -- because he or she is not of 
sufficient "quality?"

In the more specific case of the FreeBSD project and creators of FreeBSD
distributions: Does it make sense to favor large companies over small ones? 
Or older ones over newcomers? Or established but less daring distributions 
over ones that try to "push the envelope?" If a distribution has more bugs or 
problems than another (perhaps because it attempted to add great new features), 
but is working to improve, should it be penalized in any other way than by the 
marketplace?

IMHO, the answer to all of the questions in the paragraph immediately above is 
a resounding "no." FreeBSD, Inc. should set a level playing field for all 
would-be distributors, and then allow the marketplace to reward or penalize the 
products based on user experience. This is what is occurring in the Linux world, 
and it works fantastically.

--Brett Glass







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