On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net>wrote:
> What makes OpenBSD unique? Everyone's got their own list, but here's > mine: > > * Good work is unacceptable, great work is expected. > * Quality is the #1 goal, it takes a back seat to NOTHING else. > * Freedom for the users to use OpenBSD without question and without > lawyers having to be involved, again without compromise. > * Strong leadership. Not a "core team", or an elected committee > that blows in the wind of public opinion, but one person who > sets direction and policy for the project. You may not always > agree with Theo, but you never wonder where he stands on an > issue, or what direction the project will go. > all good stuff, yeah. * Commitment to doing it right in one way, not twenty different > ways ("pick one, maybe you get lucky"). > just one question - how do we determine this "one right way"? (like there could be a multitude of ways to do the same thing) > * Refusal to accept the damned "all programs have bugs" chant as > an excuse for making crap > * No fear of retaining things that work, and trashing things > that are broke or inferior to newer (or older!) alternatives. > * The "Just Works" philosophy. > > But...a project like OpenBSD doesn't just run on volunteer effort, > it takes real money. Hardware, infrastructure, Internet services, > and if you are going to have ONE PERSON in charge, you need to > keep them focused on the project, not "in their spare time", and > give them the money to live in reasonable comfort. > > I just had a talk with Theo, and he shared some numbers with me. > There's a digit missing from the current CD pre-orders from where > we were hoping to be now. There's a trailing zero missing from > what we'd really like to have. > > I have a few questions about the stores in Australia (since we're on the topic here). (http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html#au/lsl) LSL doesn't seem to be doing pre-orders (see http://www.lsl.com.au/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=openbsd&x=0&y=0); does anybody know about the status of ESI? I cannot find any mention of OpenBSD, let alone any pre-orders on their site (http://www.esi.com.au/). If anybody living in Australia could help out to call the store/s (I dont live there - it's just that this is the nearest store to me) and enquire, that would be great. thanks, -jf