Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:24:06 +0000 From: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is FreeBSD going? Message-ID: <20040107102406.GD27903@iconoplex.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040107071321.GA3781@online.fr> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401070018001.24908-100000@pancho> <20040107071321.GA3781@online.fr>
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:13:21AM -0500, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > And hope it avoids FreeBSD's > human-relations pains as it grows. (I'm optimistic: a benevolent > dictator like Matt, or Linus or Guido van Rossum or Larry Wall, can > resolve conflicts more effectively than a core team without a strong > central figure.) And what if he's more like Theo? Don't get me wrong, it's quite clear Mr. de Raadt is an enthusiastic, committed and talented developer. But how many people here would really want to deal with him on a day-to-day basis? I like the ideas over on DF, and I'll be trying it myself too. However, DF is to FBSD what OBSD is NBSD. It is possible that personalities may follow. > And hope that other people disenchanted with FreeBSD > will find something constructive to do, like Matt and others, and > unlike our friend the troll. Well, I have plenty of ideas, just insufficient time. I'm not quite sure what one is meant to do in such a position. -- Paul Robinson
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