On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:56, Alex Keda wrote: > On 05.03.2010 12:45, Doug Rabson wrote: >> On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:30, Alex Keda wrote: >> >> >>> On 05.03.2010 12:17, Robert Watson wrote: >>> >>>> consumers like Isilon, NetApp, Juniper, and many others >>>> >>> thus, it is not 'Free', this managed by 'consumers like Isilon, NetApp, >>> Juniper, and many others'? >>> >> It might be helpful to think of them as 'customers' who are using our >> 'product' and paying for it by feeding back patches and employing FreeBSD >> developers. Normal business practice doesn't include intentionally making >> your customers' lives difficult - if you make a habit of it they tend to go >> elsewhere. >> > It seems to me, business and freedom - are mutually exclusive things. > or you can choose the path of development, or who pays - giver commands to > community. > no freedom there.
Someone always pays. If this project didn't have sponsors like Isilon, NetApp, Juniper, Yahoo, and many others it simply would not exist. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
