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Money trouble at OpenBSDMoney trouble at OpenBSDPosted Mar 23, 2006 4:52 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)Parent article: Money trouble at OpenBSD
I have very mixed feelings on this article--on one side I am very appreciative for all the security auditing and especially for OpenSSH, which I use every day. On the other hand, as Jon wrote, the abrasive nature of the OpenBSD leader has kept me from ever using OpenBSD again, and certainly not supporting him with my cash. When someone prints a very insulting cartoon of one of the people that has doggedly fought for all of our freedom (that being one R. Stallman) on the CD insert of OpenBSD, I feel it's appropriate to leave by the nearest exit. There's plenty of people out there that manage to maintain a very high level of technical excellence without the mean-spirited and petulant drama that seems to swarm around Mr. DeRaadt. So I will use their product, and not his. And I've found I like the way NetBSD works better anyway... although Slackware is better yet, and its BDFL is quite personable. :-)
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Money trouble at OpenBSD Posted Mar 23, 2006 6:10 UTC (Thu) by cventers (subscriber, #31465) [Link] My first reaction to this news was to remember DeRaadt's nonsense in themedia about how 'terrible' Linux is. My second reaction was shock, when I realized they were trying to use OpenSSH to fund OpenBSD. You know, this is something I think the KDE project gets right. They don't have a whole lot of funding, but when one of their developers says "Hey, I need a new PC" or "We're trying to cover costs" (seen it with both k3b and amarok), people give generously. There is no politics attached to it. DeRaadt's downfall will once again be his ironclad, unyielding tendency to be an absolute ass at every turn.
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