On 3/28/06, Daniel Walrond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 03:09:08PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > > > > twice a year (or maybe more) when it comes to money issues, Theo and > > the devs ask for donations, cd purchases. at the same time, people > > are every once in a while reminded how "lucky" they are to use what > > the devs create solely "for themselves". this brainwashing is so > > effective even some other advocators are using it now, defending > > the poor helpless devs. > > > > unfortunately there is no real community around openbsd. at least > > i dont see one -- one where there are people without cvs commit. > > if you don't have cvs commit, you are a nobody that's what misc@ > > will teach any newcomer using iron and fire. i try to be part > > of a community but the devs say you are nobody and should be glad > > that you can use this stuff. > > Having met some of the OpenBSD developers last week, they're really > friendly welcoming people. misc@ does get a bit warped at times though. > As with any online commumication medium you lose all those non-verbal > signals which makes it hard to take people the right way sometimes. > > Yes as users we are lucky to be able to use such quality code which > OpenBSD produces. I think it's a pritty hard job to be a developer, paid > consultant and offer free user support to the user base. So don't be so > quick to judge, without trying it yourself ;) > > > Dan > > Dan, good insight and thanks for the adivce.
-- rogern John 3:16
