On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Dennis wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes...
>
> >The very fact that source is available means that you can pay any scruffy
> >unshaven hacker to fix it for you, instead of suffering at the hands and
> >whims of, say, a FreeBSD "vendor" as you are doing. I would figure that at
> >least you (of all people) realize that someone else can come in and get it
> >done, and that you could optionally pay someone to do this.
>
[snip - paying a dropout $100/h to fix drivers]
> Another point is that Open Source is virtually synonomous with "Totally
> undocumented". The linux community, years into it, are still totally
> dependent on Alan Cox to fix drivers properly (mostly because the OS is
> completely undocumented and changes are made on a whim regularly). D.
> Becker continues to be the only one that can properly fix the ethernet
> drivers because they are such a mess and poorly documented.
Why haven't you considered hiring somebody to document the parts you are
intersted in? Would solve at least half the problem...
[snip]
>
> dennis
> Emerging Technologies, Inc.
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