Re: Using a FreeBSD desktop was somehting about dog food

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 8:35 PM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:

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>
> 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.
>
> This is a great response and reminder.  I would only add that these
developers also have family members and pets that both demand and deserve
their time.  They don’t just exist for us; and they deserve their time.

Andrew