From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 10 06:43:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9211E16A4EF for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 06:43:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.bitfreak.org (mail.bitfreak.org [65.75.198.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC0343D48 for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 06:43:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmp@bitfreak.org) Received: from Sonomago (mail.bitfreak.org [65.75.198.146]) by mail.bitfreak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EE5619F3B; Mon, 9 May 2005 23:43:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Darren Pilgrim" To: "'Jeppe W. Larsen'" , Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 23:43:04 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c5552b$87ef5190$0a2a15ac@Sonomago> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-Reply-To: <20050509200737.GA18593@gentoo> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Subject: RE: is this your culture? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 06:43:18 -0000 My comments are inline to make it a bit easier to see which point I'm addressing. Jeppe W. Larsen wrote: >=20 > -If you want to be seen and get status, you have to show what you are > good at I think a better way of putting it would be, "you have to make valuable contributions to the project." > -In the end, it is the code that matters most I think it would be better to say that the ultimate goal is fast, highly standards-compliant, well-engineered code. There's a significant = emphasis on proper engineering and implementation in this project that is = dangerously lacking in most open- and closed-source software. > -Wisdom and truth is defined by the experienced members Wisdom and truth are defined by the experience of ALL members. Even a newbie can provide valuable information.