Otto Moerbeek wrote:
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Breen Ouellette wrote:
I honestly do not know as I do not have access to the size of the
user base
nor the financial needs of the project. If 5000 users gave $100 per year to
the project that would be half a million dollars. Are there 5000 users? Is
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Breen Ouellette wrote:
I feel that if the user base can meet the financial needs of the project
then the user base is doing its part. Unfortunately, I know of several
people who use OpenBSD that will never send in a flat penny. These are
the same people
Tobias Weingartner wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Breen Ouellette wrote:
I feel that if the user base can meet the financial needs of the project
then the user base is doing its part. Unfortunately, I know of several
people who use OpenBSD that will never send in a flat penny.
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Breen Ouellette wrote:
Eliah Kagan wrote:
That would still be most OpenBSD users, wouldn't it?
I honestly do not know as I do not have access to the size of the user base
nor the financial needs of the project. If 5000 users gave $100 per year to
the project that
Eliah Kagan wrote:
That would still be most OpenBSD users, wouldn't it?
I honestly do not know as I do not have access to the size of the user
base nor the financial needs of the project. If 5000 users gave $100 per
year to the project that would be half a million dollars. Are there 5000
On 10/28/06, Breen Ouellette wrote:
The shame enters the picture when you place expectations for additional
output from the people giving freely. I see people griping all the time
for this or that feature, or support for this or that hardware. I see
this from people who contribute nothing and
Eliah Kagan wrote:
On 10/28/06, Breen Ouellette wrote:
The shame enters the picture when you place expectations for additional
output from the people giving freely. I see people griping all the time
for this or that feature, or support for this or that hardware. I see
this from people who
On 10/28/06, Breen Ouellette wrote:
That same behaviour of expecting magic fixes, if it were applied to a
larger community like that of North America (sorry if you aren't from
this continent), would not be shameful in the least. People in North
American culture whine and complain for fixes from
On 29/10/06, Breen Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't feel that Linux users whining and
complaining about 'missing' (aka unnecessary, superfluous) features is
shameful behaviour because it seems to be expected behaviour in these
communities, or at least segments of these communities.
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