Re: just a thought

i understand you, but that doesn`t mean that SMP isn`t important, and i
don`t see a reason why it shouldn`t be done. why is it so hard to ask some
people for help, make some decisions and finaly do something, insted of just
talking about it ? enaugh of words, it`s time to take action. (now, i feel
like some famous president :> ) and nobody says that YOU should do it by
yourself, but your help is very important. so, if somenoe will actualy put
his hands on SMP will you be able to support him with your knowledge and
experience ?

Pawel


> On Friday, March 21, =?iso-8859-2?Q?Pawe=B3_Napi=F3rkowski?= wrote:
> >
> > so why do you do it any way, is it for the money?? and just when i
thought
> > world of open source was free of this kind of ppl....
>
> Fun.  Trust me, I've more than enough stress in my life.  OpenBSD
> is a part of my life that is still fun.  When I'm too stressed, or
> it is not, I go and do something else.  There are times I wish I
> could be more involved in OpenBSD, but my current situation means
> that there are bouts when I'm simply not able to cope with the
> simple stress coding can give you.
>
> I'm gratefull when Theo or someone else throws me a bone, and allows
> me to hack on something rewarding, even though my performance is
> entirely sub-par on many levels at the current time.
>
> Now you come along, and ask why I do it.  Well, if I'm going to
> have the stress (and there is little other way to put it) of doing
> SMP, getting it into the kernel, stable, and secure;  Well, I'm
> going to have you pay for making me deal with that stress.  Not
> only that, but I'm going to make you acquire the needed documentation
> and help I would need.
>
>
> The world free of what kind of people?  People that don't want
> money or other rewards for their contributions?  Hey I have news.
> I have expenses, wants, needs, and most of all, dreams.  Hell, I'd
> like to retire by the time I hit 45.  I have other things I'd like
> to do, besides chasing the almighty buck, other things than to
> satisfy someone out there looking for opensource idealism.  Literally,
> I code because I like it.  I've resisted many very lucrative offers
> to code for money.  Why?  Well, it just would have made it not fun
> anymore.  So, what would me make my soul now?  Hmm... well, if I can
> move that retirement up to 35, I'd say you have me sold.  In other
> words, you'd be looking at some $3.5 million to get SMP into an
> OpenBSD derived kernel.  As I'm not the last and ultimate authority
> as to what goes into OpenBSD, I have to keep that "derived" line
> in there...
>
>
> You game?
>
> --Toby.
> PS: The numbers above are not fiction... should you care, I'll gladly
> show you the calculations involved to come up with that number...