tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651400740461548183.post2762827562694955..comments2023-11-02T09:00:46.828-07:00Comments on FreeBSD Foundation: OpenHelp Trip Report: Warren BlockUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651400740461548183.post-35717944111832867142013-07-16T20:01:40.416-07:002013-07-16T20:01:40.416-07:00I could be wrong, maybe a collaboration with Stack...I could be wrong, maybe a collaboration with StackExchange would work well for FreeBSD. That would be an interesting thing to try, and if someone wants to set that up, I would be happy to be involved.Warren Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14049292749760712618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651400740461548183.post-2397740491093501352013-07-15T03:05:32.561-07:002013-07-15T03:05:32.561-07:00Great trip report. One comment I have is that we ...Great trip report. One comment I have is that we should absolutely have more FreeBSD activity on StackExchange, and I don't at all see the fact that it is Software as a Service as a negative the way you portray it in this post.<br /><br />Designing, building, and maintaining a state of the art question and answer site of the sort StackExchange has built is well outside of the core capabilities of those designing an open source Unix operating system.<br /><br />The FreeBSD community accepts proprietary microprocessors, hardware, web analytics software (Google Analytics on freebsd.org), and much more besides. In fact the pragmatism of the FreeBSD community is one of its great strengths. <br /><br />As a volunteer organization, that is exactly the sort of software we should embrace for a non-core competency such as this. The alternative of finding volunteers in the FreeBSD community to customize, build, or at least maintain Q&A software seems like a waste to me. I'd rather those people spend their time improving FreeBSD.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128399428520026530noreply@blogger.com