Re: [XFree86] Call for Beta Testers - SciTech SNAP Graphics for Linux!

Alan Hourihane <[email protected]> wrote:

> I know your trying to get help with your software. But blatently
> advertising it on the XFree86 support lists seems to me as going
> just a little too far. I doubt many would like it, if XiG decided
> to do the same thing.

Oookkk. Considering the fact that our product is based on XFree86 and 
this is the *only* XFree86 user mailing list that I am aware of, how else 
are we supposed to recruit XFree86 beta testers to test our product? 
Obviously I won't be posting here again 'blatently advertising my 
product' to keep you happy.

However bear in mind it is this kind of negative attitude from the 
XFree86 Core Team that makes commercial developers actively using and 
contributing to XFree86 think twice about doing so. Given all the 
discussions on the forum list about killing X.org and switching over to 
only a single maintained version of XFree86, this type of response is 
likely to cement in peoples minds the fact that X.org and XFree86 
*should* remain separate, and maintain separate trees. 

AFAIK XFree86 has and always will be open to proprietry developers using 
and contributing to the code. If XFree86 has plans to act like a GPL 
project, we might as well take our technology elsewhere.

Regards,

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Kendall Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
SciTech Software, Inc.
Phone: (530) 894 8400
http://www.scitechsoft.com

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