On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 01:39:15PM -0600, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > you are correct that some of the issues you brought up are actual > shortcomings in openbsd. however, **bitching** that these are problems that > need to be fixed is about as rude as you can get. a number of the issues > you complained about are in the process of getting fixed, but you obviously > neglected to thoroughly investigate the options. i see no reason these > issues "MUST" be fixed (you've provided no compelling argument) only that > they can and likely are being fixed. > > if openbsd had a steady budget of several 100K CAD per annum and more devs, > your bitching might be perceived as reasonable since it would likely mean > that those areas had been disproportionately or unreasonably neglected. as > it stands there is only so much dev time for so many things and nobody is > actively neglecting the areas you've complained about. > > i was just thinking about emailing volkswagen corporate HQ and bitching > about how my VW is not a porsche and that they should immediately double my > car's horsepower and torque, fix the suspension, refit the brakes, etc. > does that seem reasonable?
If you get money from selling CDs/soft, its just clearly unfair to not support it. Yes, I'm talking about stable ports. If you claim to produce the most secure OS, you have to prove that by provaiding secure wifi encryption for masses (WPAx) and usable disk encryption design for laptops and so on... ...or let's just call it perfect wired firewall... > > >> >>> Oh, no wait. you want *other* people todo the work for you, >>> its not enough that you got what they gave already you want >>> more, you ungrateful whining dick. >>> >>> -- >>> Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang / Der bleibt ein Narr sein >>> Lebelang. >>> (Who does not love wine, women, and song, Remains a fool his whole life >>> long.) >>> -- Johann Heinrich Voss >>> >> >> > > > --
