From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 31 16:42:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA21342 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:42:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA21333 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:42:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA15704; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:42:06 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19990201114202.31405@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:42:02 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: "Jason C. Wells" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: From Slashdot... References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from The Hermit Hacker on Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 07:53:03PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 07:53:03PM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > This is still the point that I'm trying to find out...what is it that we > are trying to "do a good job at"? We do whatever we feel like, if and when we feel like doing it, because we enjoy it and/or somehow gain from doing it. Nobody pays anyone to do what they don't want to do, and that's part of the reason why we do such a good job. As our society becomes more and more Ferengi-like many people find it hard to accept that this approach can work, but the proof is right here in front of us. When our needs change, our actions change, and we cause FreeBSD to change to meet those new needs. No amount of flowery mission shatement is going to change what really happens. In fact, if anything, slimy motivational claptrap which might be popular in the USA would cause FreeBSD to lose face in countries like Australia where we have a deep distrust of rhetoric. At best we regard such things as comedy here. Sure, if someone simply said "we're mainly concerned with " and others believed it, they might be inspired to push FreeBSD towards excellence in that area (to the possible detriment of other areas). More likely other people would disagree on priorities, and that is a good thing. If I had the floor, FreeBSD would continue to improve as the leading netris platform. The way we do achieve particular long and medium range goals is to set up projects, such as that for the Alpha port, so that people with similar goals can coordinate their efforts and ensure quality outcomes. Unless I'm missing something this does seem to work. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message