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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Who needs Perl? We do!
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> Am I hearing a volounteer here ??
> 
> The reason I am picky about what goes in and what does not, is simply
> that core is the entity that is going to get blamed/flamed/kicked when
> things are not up to snuff. There is only so much we can have on
> our platters, if things are not going to melt down. I (me personally)
> think we have reached if not exceeded that limit allready, and getting
> even more things into the game, be it small things or huge systems
> need a _LOT_ of consideration.
> What we should do is delegate _RESPONSIBILITY_ of certain areas of
> the system (ports is sortof allready delegated) to individuals or
> groups that take this _SERIOUSLY_ and does a job at it.
> Now the problem is to find these individuals or groups, as each
> time it gets to that, all of a sudden NOBODY is left of the
> horde that screamed for some or other feature.

[ ... ]

> Am I hearing a volounteer here ??
> 	 or is there silence again this time ??


I volunteer (again) to fix the VFS.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.