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On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 19:55 -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: |
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> This is kinda bloggish, because it's basically a transcription of an |
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> IRC monologue. My apologies if it's hard to follow... Nonetheless, |
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> I'm interested in how other developers feel on the topics I bring up |
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> below. |
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<snip> |
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> Also I find it amusing when people say that Gentoo exists for the |
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> users. I think that is wrong. Gentoo exists for the *developers*. |
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This is the reason why *I* use/develop Gentoo. I love it. I could care |
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less if every single user we have drops us for Ubuntu. I would still |
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develop Gentoo so long as it is still fun. |
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> It's our playground, and it's the reason we use a live tree rather |
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> than switching to an actually sane approach. The users are cool |
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> because they point out bugs, help solve problems on bugzilla, suggest |
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> enhancements, provide patches, and notify us of package updates. |
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> Sometimes they become developers. But the truth is that Gentoo sees |
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> improvement and maintenance in the areas that appeal to the |
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> developers. And that is why Gentoo exists for the developers first, |
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> the users second. |
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<starts slow clap> |
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Well, Aron, I honestly think that you've hit the nail on the head. I |
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never have been able to grasp how people could think Gentoo could ever |
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become a serious player in the corporate world of suits and guys with |
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nice hair and fake white teeth. Do we really want to go there? Do we |
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really need to start sending out assclowns in suits to shake hands with |
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a bunch of clueless corporate types, then schmooze them over golf just |
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to get people to use Gentoo? What ever happened to "because it's |
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friggin' cool"? |
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Don't get me wrong, I love our users. That being said, I work on Gentoo |
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not because of them, but because of *myself* and *my* personal itches. |
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It just so happens that there's a group of guys out there that seem to |
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want similar things, so we've banded together as this loose group of |
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developers, determined to make the best damn Linux *for us* that we can. |
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If suits want to use it, great! If not, well, they weren't paying the |
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bills anyway, so frag 'em! *grin* |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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