On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 03:29:17PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote:
There's a lot of difference between writing
"Was hoping to have this done by the weekend but a series of unfortunate incidents ( like large scale hdd failures ) meant that things at the $dayjob got a bit hectic and this slipped a few days."
and writing
"Was hoping to have this done by the weekend but a series of unfortunate incidents ( like large scale hdd failures at the $dayjob) meant that things got a bit hectic and this slipped a few days."
No, the difference is actually quite small unless you're looking for material to argue over.
so, as I read it, I had help with the conflation.
No, no help at all.
Further, I'm surprised to learn that Karanbir's employer would go against Karanbir's presumed advice against allowing such a situation to develop.
100% irrelevant to CentOS or this thread.
Even further, the resistance to properly funding this project is truly amazing.
The project itself doesn't seem to have an issue with funding, at least no issues I can spot in any public venue, so why do *you*, an outsider and apparently non-contributor, have such an issue? I don't get it. You seem to think that money is the end all be all for OSS. I would suggest that's a mindset you may wish to change as money doesn't drive OSS.
John