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Chris Gianelloni wrote: [Tue Jan 03 2006, 12:17:06PM CST] |
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> I think part of the problem is that many people are forgetting exactly |
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> what Gentoo really is. Gentoo is not a distribution of Linux. Gentoo |
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> is not anything more than a loosely bound group of developers all doing |
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> their own thing in a collaborative and collective manner. You cannot |
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> use corporate thinking to manage such a beast. We don't have mission |
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> statements. We don't have road maps. We don't have quarterly earnings |
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> and market projections. We simply exist. The only way we can give |
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> Gentoo a direction is by restricting what we, as developers, are allowed |
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> to do. The only real restrictions we have right now are "be civil" and |
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> "don't break stuff". Anything beyond that is inhibiting one of our |
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> greatest strengths, our individuality and individual ideas. |
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Well, that was said much better than I managed. |
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-g2boojum- |
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Grant Goodyear |
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Gentoo Developer |
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g2boojum@g.o |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~g2boojum |
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