Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 18:14:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "Steven P. Donegan" <donegan@quick.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: jhay@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za, jdp@polstra.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current build is now broken.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970502180903.19966A-100000@news.quick.net> In-Reply-To: <199705030042.RAA09757@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Fri, 2 May 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > John, where I work if you bring up a 'problem' or 'issue' guess what - > > you own it. > > That must be remarkably effective in discouraging people from bringing > up problems -- no matter how critical or damaging to your employer... > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > Not really, it tends to keep people focused on need-to-haves rather than want-to-haves. Works quite well in a team environment where everyone is already 200% overloaded. And I thought it might work with a volunteer group that is focused on producing new things that work rather than making old, now potentially obsolete, things work in somewhat weird ways. Sorry if I offended anyone. I'll keep my ideas to myself since I've now been discouraged from expressing them :-) Steven P. Donegan donegan@quick.net
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