On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:48:17 +0300, Alex Keda <admin_at_lissyara.su> wrote: > On 05.03.2010 12:59, Doug Rabson wrote: >> 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. >> > > then can a more correct name of the project or ClosedBSD or ManagedBSD? =) > or something abstract? No.Received on Fri Mar 05 2010 - 10:04:20 UTC
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