Re: Brilliant and exhaustive work of research
That, I submit, is a vast waste of the time and effort of thousands of volunteer developers.
Thank you for that.
+1
I have been saying the same thing for years:
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To be a maintainer is to be part of the team.
And in a/any team (*), each member has a place and a task to fulfill.
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(*) "... group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal".
Thompson, Leigh (2008). Making the team: a guide for managers.
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"The Linux ecosystem is home to literally tens of thousands of highly qualified coders/programmers, a rich pool of talent which could be harnessed towards the same goal and put Linux firmly on the desktop.
But ...
If they all want to be able to shout "Look Ma!!! I rolled my own [fill in here]! and be a primadonna for all of 15', that is certainly not going to happen.
Ever."
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O.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
