On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Nexodous _ <[email protected]> wrote:
> To wit: > > "Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of > paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate form > of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style of) install > are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact so that you can > see how much easier it would have been if you had purchased a CDROM > instead" > > The arrogance of the above statement which is clearly implying one should > purchase the disc set vs. using downloads just goes to prove that the anal > retentive group that runs OpenBSD needs to get out of their thumb sucking > mentality and into the 21st century. > > I don't find it arrogant at all. CD Sales are a way to finance the project. OpenBSD also sends a lot of patches upstream. Look at the accept() backoff patches in nsd that was shipped recently. $50 twice a year is very little compared to hiring around 79 part-time programmers and 1 full-time co-ordinator to write a similar OS. In this day and age of open source software, attitudes like yours will get > you one thing: *obsolescence* > > Even if you use FreeBSD, you still use OpenSSH & PF which come from OpenBSD :-) > Count me as a contributor to such. > Good bye. > > CD sales aren't enough. Internet connection is paid by the OpenBSD foundation, according to what I read. The project needs more predictable income over a sustained period. It would be a *huge* loss to the entire Open Source ecosystem if the OpenBSD project dies. bugs@ isn't appropriate for such matters anyway. -- This message is strictly personal and the opinions expressed do not represent those of my employers, either past or present.
