On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:10:57 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > > well, if a big company pays for support, those money would allow > > FreeBSD to have some more people (developers or not) focus on giving > > the support (fixing/answering) while the developers do their job...i > > believe this is quite natural course of action > > Paying for support would rapidly generate a conflict of interest, in > that it would encourage the production of buggy software in order to > increase support revenues (the only revenues the software generates).
my scenario was this: i'm a big company and i use FreeBSD coz it suites best for my needs; let's say among others that my/a programming team built something on top of it ; because i want the system to work as flawless as possible i pay a monthly fee for support - say some 4 to 6 figures of dollars; would i care what you do with the money? i think not; i'm only interested that you'll be there (in place) whenever i need, whenever i get some freaky error.... the more companies will pay, FreeBSD will have some more guys for support and some more guys for developing... this may be a rather crude view but it could serve as a starting point... Dan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
