Re: Using a FreeBSD desktop was somehting about dog food

On 3/28/22 22:31, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> 	Many of them may share the frustrations but have their hands full
> with what they're already doing. So if something is not being addressed it
> means that there is nobody who cares enough and has the time and the skills
> to address it. Which means that for it to happen someone who does has to
> step up and make it happen and not someone who is already giving their time
> to something they feel is more important/interesting/doable/fun/... they're
> doing their bit in their own way.

This.

The open source world has produced so much for so many for little to not 
reward for their time and effort, that it has created an expectation 
that everyone's problem has, more than likely, been already fixed by 
someone else. And that if that problem has no fix, well then, "someone 
has to fix it".

I think it's important to remind folk that the open source world is not 
some conglomerate, with tons of buildings hosting thousands of 
developers being paid by the second. No. It's men and women in everyday 
clothing and slippers, sitting in their studies, living rooms, bedrooms 
and neighborhood cafes, at 3AM coding the ideas that struck them earlier 
in the shower.

Mark.