Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:07:26 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>, Adam Turoff <aturoff@isinet.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports Message-ID: <4.1.19990309130444.0416d5c0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <36E571F5.4CCFCA2B@softweyr.com> References: <4.1.19990302163944.00a1e620@localhost> <4.1.19990308213030.03ea5c80@localhost> <4.1.19990309092847.04176b50@localhost>
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At 12:09 PM 3/9/99 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: >You seem to have a different view of professionalism than anyone else. Show >me another software company that supports their out-of-date products. This one's gonna hurt, I reckon: Microsoft. Patches, fixes, and new software for Windows 95 are still available on their Web site. >If they viewed the code their "territory", they probably wouldn't be giving >away the source, now would they? Not necessarily. They still retain "ownership" in that they control the development of the code. >If you have a port that is of particular >importance to you, I'm sure the port maintainer would be glad to help you >bring it up-to-date for 2.2.8 or any other release, just don't expect him >or her to pick up your bag of rocks and carry it for you. It shouldn't require even as much effort as picking up a bag of rocks. The problem here seems to be systemic. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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