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Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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| I agree. I think I have been trying to solve too many problems at once |
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| rather than approach this one step at a time. I am a perfectionist. It's |
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| also human nature to try to make "version 2" of something incredibly |
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complex |
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| and sophisticated so as to solve all problems with "version 1". This |
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| tendency is called "the second system effect." And it looks like I've |
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fallen |
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| victim to the second system effect in planning the next entity for Gentoo. |
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| Because of my desire to not let anyone down, I've become paralyzed and am |
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| letting everyone down. That's not my intention. We can address the funding |
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| issues later and get the NFP set up this month. |
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you're spot-on here, Daniel. The co-op is a great idea.. I defended |
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the core idea to a lot of people while you started to give it yesterday, |
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yet it doesn't seem to fit too well in the Gentoo model. Seperating |
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that will allow Gentoo to operate in the way that it does, yet also have |
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a seperate group that can help to fund OSS development (not affiliated |
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with Gentoo in any way other than the people starting it may be involved |
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with Gentoo as well). I love the co-op idea** because it works a lot |
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like LinuxFund only the people who pitch in the money have a say in |
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where it goes. 'Tis why I've never given to LinuxFund thus far. |
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Anyway, I commend you for saying this.. I think the idea took off a |
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little too far for "version 1" ;) |
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** - I like it as it was discussed a couple of weeks ago here in |
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Indiana.. pool money together and decide where it goes and what for. |
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that's it. no leadership decisions based on membership or anything. |
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| I have been trying to figure out a perfect organizational model for |
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the NFP |
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| that will meet everyone's expectations and wants. This is probably a |
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fool's |
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| errand -- some decisions need to be made that by their nature exclude |
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other |
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| possibilities. |
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I think that the majority of the people want NFP, so if you give it to |
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them regardless of how it is setup they will be pacified. A lot of |
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people probably don't even know what NFP means or how it works, but for |
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some reason they know they want it.. you won't go wrong there. |
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Cheers! |
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- -Corey |
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Corey Shields - IU Unix Systems Support Group |
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http://ussg.iu.edu/~cshields |
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