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Grant Goodyear posted <20040605144320.GC11905@××××××××××××××××××××.org>, |
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excerpted below, on Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:43:20 -0400: |
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> Gentoo is a community-driven distribution. We do our best to fix problems |
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> as they arise and to the best of our abilities, but we're quite far from |
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> perfect. |
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It should also be pointed out that most if not all developers are |
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volunteers, giving of their time and energy to help Gentoo. Volunteers |
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are human, and like all humans, aren't above occasional personal grudges |
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and other interpersonal relationship issues. If Gentoo was an employer, |
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and users paid customers, the company could demand that its employees |
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treat the customers as what they'd be, the source of the money for the |
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paychecks. However, that isn't the case, and while contrarian developers |
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not only scare away users but other developers, and can be disciplined if |
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necessary, developers ARE humans, AND volunteers, and it ultimately |
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comes down to accepting them AS humans and volunteers and choosing to work |
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out any differences, or there'd not be a Gentoo around to discuss! |
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(I'm saying this as a user, thankful that there ARE developers willing to |
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share their skill and time, even if I think individuals may get petty |
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at times, not as a developer, as I'm NOT one.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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