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Date:      Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:54:29 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        jktheowl@bga.com
Cc:        jkh@time.cdrom.com, fpawlak@execpc.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, danj@3skel.com, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, toor@dyson.iquest.net, brett@lariat.org, mike@smith.net.au, dshanes@personalogic.com
Subject:   Re: Promoting FreeBSD - the user's piece of the action. 
Message-ID:  <199804130254.VAA02561@darkstar.connect.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980412213501.256S-100000@barnowl>

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You are a devil after my own heart << real big grin >>  I love your turn
of the phrase.  I won't touch the long bow part.

We'll talk more once Jordan responds.  Thanks Frank.


On 12 Apr, John Kenagy wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> <snipping sounds.>
> 
> The sounds of battle looming remind me of Henry V and the St. Crispin
> speech. You know... paraphrasing "...they who don't stand with us
> this day will hold their manhood cheap." Henry speaking just before
> Agincourt.
>   
>> > Perhaps a core team of volunteers modeled on the way the core
>> > development team operates will be just as effective in getting our job
>> > done as you are doing yours.  Just as you are the leader of the core
>> > team our leader will arise from ongoing dialog and compilation of ideas
>> > that eventually jell into the business plan that I suggested, and our
>> 
>> I've no problem with that idea at all.  Moreover, I think that the
>> FreeBSD project has always strongly endorsed the concept of a
>> "management hierarchy", possibly more out of enlightened laziness than
>> anything else, since any reasonably effective hierarchy enables one to
>> not have to worry about a large number of things.  I'd like to not
>> have to worry so much about grass-roots publicity and such, yes. :-)
>> 
>> However, getting people genuinely willing to "manage" is harder than
>> it looks.  Being willing to lead implies a long-term committment
>> and that scares a lot of people off.
>> 
> I'll volunteer. It isn't as though I have time on my hands but I do
> know how to pioneer a product. And, I do know the value of a longbow.
> (evil grin)
> 
> If you have questions, contact me, please. 
> 
> John
> 
> 
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