On 4/7/2011 12:05 PM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>> If you WANT a service level agreement with me, then you may contract for
>>> one. If you pay me enough, I will guarantee you updates on what ever
>>> schedule you are willing to pay for. I will be very professional in my
>>> dealings with you in that case too.
>>
>> That's sort of disturbing... Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but it
>> comes across to me as implying that the CentOS project could do better
>> with more resources and the only way you'll allow it to have those
>> resources is if you are paid personally. But maybe I'm reading too much
>> into the rejections of offers to help with builds and the refusals to
>> share the build environment.
> <snip>
> I think you're reading his reply the wrong way, Les. I see it as "this is
> a volunteer project, and I'm doing the best I can. You want guarantees,
> then you can buy RHEL, or you can pay me for support, and then I'll have
> the time to do that, and not have to worry about how to pay my bills if
> I'm not at my day job."
Probably - if he were serious about taking money I'd expect to see
contracts on the web site, but there is still a disconnect between
saying it could be done better given certain resources and refusing to
let the project accept the offers of help it gets or distribute it's
build environment.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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