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On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 03:58 +0000, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 01:17:06PM -0500 or thereabouts, Chris Gianelloni |
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> wrote: |
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> > Gentoo is not a distribution of Linux. Gentoo is not anything more than |
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> > a loosely bound group of developers all doing their own thing in a |
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> > collaborative and collective manner. You cannot use corporate thinking |
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> > to manage such a beast. We don't have mission statements. We don't have |
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> > road maps. We don't have quarterly earnings and market projections. We |
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> > simply exist. |
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> Which is why Gentoo has jumped the shark and is now on a long, slow |
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> decline. |
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Strange, most indicators that I've seen are showing that we're still |
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gaining users and developers hand over fist. |
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> > Do you want to be a part of a project that doesn't allow you to |
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> > implement some cool new feature because it might make Gentoo slightly |
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> > harder to use for some people and that's against the mission statement |
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> > so not allowed? |
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> Yes, absolutely. |
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No offense, but I have a feeling that you're in the wrong place, then. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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