Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 16:02:01 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Critic to The Cathedral and The Bazaar Message-ID: <37FE69D9.D0CB3836@softweyr.com> References: <37FE1EF1.6544AB38@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > There is an interesting critic to the famous ESR's article at > http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4_10/bezroukov/index.html. > Interestingly, FreeBSD (and Jordan) is mentioned. This is quite a good article, with some interesting points to make. For instance, I think many in -hackers will find this all too close to the target: Yet little is known about how Internet-based virtual teams (IVT) really operate and what problems develop in that sort of cooperation. Some evident problems are: o overload and subsequent burnout of leading developers due to excessive load, with significant loss of interest in a given product; o a conservative approach to architecture (it's really difficult to change the architecture of a product after its development has started) o e-mail based written communication to some degree tends to distort meaning and invite fights and flame wars. Hmm. Sound familiar? This is worth a read for everyone, that's why I've emailed this to -chat as well. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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