David Schulz escribis:
For me, i cant even estimate the time and effort that goes into all the
related work and issues for OpenBSD, and thus am more than thankful. OpenBSD
sits in every important Corner for two Businesses i am involved in, I could
not live without it. I purchase each CD that comes out, have all the Posters,
Shirts and Stickers there are, and will continue to get all the new Stuff
there is. Whatever Problem there is right now, while i think its a bad Idea
to just spread all this in public, ill just blindly take Theo's Side without
a doubt. Hopefully OpenBSD, the Project, can navigate this stormy Season
without harm and continue to be the best OS there is.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:30:06PM +1100, William Chivers wrote:
Hello,
Thank you Theo and your team of developers for OpenBSD.
Some people responding to the "European Orders" thread seem to have lost sight
of what OpenBSD is and who develops it. I am a bit of a newbie here (although I have been
using computers in my career since 1972), but it seems to me that OpenBSD is developed by
people who donate their own time and expertise to the project. Theo draws an income but
few others do. OpenBSD is given away freely because of the good grace of Theo and the
team. If you choose to pay for CDs then this is a donation, is it not? If you do not want
to donate, Theo allows you to download for free.
Who are these people who think that they can question the motivation, honesty
and accounting procedures of the OpenBSD team who give people free access to
their project? Here we have a team of people donating their own time to make
this fantastic OS available for free and people think they have the right to
flame them? Because they donated $50? Give us all a break...
Have you heard the proverb about not biting the hand that feeds you? Theo and
his team give this OS to us because they choose to do so, not because they have
to. They do not have to give it away. Do you have any idea of the salary Theo
and the other developers could command at Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Sun, HP, ...
God forbid.
I am an academic who also runs a consultancy. I intend to start making heavy
use of OpenBSD in my teaching and consultancy over the next year or two, not
sooner because of various unrelated reasons. Theo, when I make my first dollar
using OpenBSD your project will get a percentage, and the same for as long as I
use it, and what you choose to do with the money is your business. You can use
it to buy food, shelter and even mountain bikes if you wish!
As I said, I am new to OpenBSD and my first purchase will be the 4.5 CDs. Go to
town, Theo, the $50 is all yours.
Please keep doing what you are doing! Many of us appreciate you and what your
team do for us.
Bill Chivers
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William J. Chivers
Lecturer in Information Technology
School of DCIT
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
University of Newcastle---Ourimbah Campus
PO Box 127, Ourimbah, NSW 2259
Australia
CRICOS Provider Number: 00109J
phone: +61 2 4349 4473
fax: +61 2 4349 4565
email: william.chiv...@newcastle.edu.au
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