Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:47:33 +1000 From: Murray Taylor <mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: Stine Madsen <stine_wm@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Culture Message-ID: <1113868053.23125.22.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY22-DAV14B9C117799DFCE69877F1EF290@phx.gbl> References: <BAY22-DAV14B9C117799DFCE69877F1EF290@phx.gbl>
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On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 07:24, Stine Madsen wrote: > FreeBSD Culture > We are four undergraduate students (1st year) who have chosen Organizational > Culture and FreeBSD as the subject for our major written project. The > underlying assumption for our project is that the FreeBSD community can be > viewed and described within the framework of the theory for Organizational > behavior and culture - that is; as a 'virtual' organization. To investigate > and clarify this, we would like to confer with participants of the FreeBSD > community who are well-informed of the how's and why's of FreeBSD. > > The following non-exhausting list holds examples of questions we would like > to clarify: > > - Does there exist myths, 'legends' and stories concerning FreeBSD, which > are common knowledge in the community. > - How does one get to be a member of '-core'? Or more accurately, how does a > member advance in the FreeBSD community? > - Is the language described in the 'jargon file' used and understood by all > members of the community? > - What motivates people to join the FreeBSD community and to contribute to > the common course? While not a contributor to FreeBSD per se, I could add that joining this community on my part was due to me wanting to 'look under the hood' (I have contributed some minor patches to a couple of ports, some made it in as is, some prompted a better solution by the maintainer) And as 'payback' I have now been able to pass on some of my learning and experience to the next batch of newbies. Knowing that I can peek, and learn _how_ it all works is a great motivating force. And being a believer in using the right tool for a job (like I loath the combination 'multitools' you can buy too) I am willing to spend the time to choose the tool. Or if the tool is not available I like to be able to use the existing resources to build the requred tool. As part of this I also go with the concept of 'elegant software' http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/readings/software_elegance.html For me FreeBSD fits the bill. And I too dont really care about what colour the bikeshed is! And POLA too! no surprises! Google "bikeshed freebsd" Google "POLA freebsd" > - Is it possible to improve the structure of the FreeBSD community? > > We are not sure where to post questions like these - and if freebsd.org as a > suitable forum for those kind of questions. Suggestions and thoughts about > this will be much appreciated. > > All communication will be by mail, and all participants will be anonymous > should the prefer so. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.*** -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.***
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