* Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> [2007-12-13 21:46]:
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> On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:22:07PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > When I read that, it sounded a lot to me like saying "if you're not a  
> > > skilled medical practitioner, you don't deserve decent health care."   
> > > Seems to me one of the better aspects of our society is our ability  
> > > to allow specialists to provide good services to non-specialists (or  
> > > at least those who can afford to pay for it).
> > 
> > Yes -- when those specialists are paid.
> > 
> 
> Also, OpenBSD is not a service to be deserved.  It is a labour of love;
> the object of that labour is OpenBSD itself not the great unwashed
> masses.  Health care is provided by healthcare service providers (paid
> or not) hopefully also as a labour of love; the object of that labour is
> the recipient of the care.  Note the difference.
> 
> Doug (RN).
> 

	The differences still aren't all that different. OpenBSD also has
limited resources (particularly developer time) and constraints under
which it operates.  In the end the guy that does his homework and
invests the effort will have more benefit from it. The Health system,
no matter what country, is the same in that particular respect. The
guy who keeps himself healthy will get the liver transplant before the
guy who is smoking and drinking and weighs 300 pounds.  No amount of
whining about "but I deserve a click ok for a liver button, the health
care system should invest resources to provide me one" is going to
change that. 

	-Bob